Country: Australia
Continent: Australia and Oceania
Population: 150,920
Country Capital: No
For all cities with a population greater than one million, Cairns is closest to Brisbane and farthest from Dakar. The closest foreign city is Makasar and the farthest domestic city is Perth. See below for the top 5 closest and farthest cities (domestically, internationally and by continent) and to see which cities, if any, Cairns is the closest and farthest to. Filter to include all cities over 100k, 500k or 1 million in population.
| Closest Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
 | Brisbane, Australia | 861 |
| Sydney, Australia | 1,215 |
| Adelaide, Australia | 1,317 |
| Melbourne, Australia | 1,440 |
 | Makasar, Indonesia | 1,960 |
| Farthest Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
 | Dakar, Senegal | 11,317 |
 | Conakry, Guinea | 10,975 |
 | Recife, Brazil | 10,713 |
 | Bamako, Mali | 10,671 |
 | Marrakech, Morocco | 10,510 |
| Closest Foreign Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
| Makasar, Indonesia | 1,960 |
 | Davao, Philippines | 2,162 |
 | Auckland, New Zealand | 2,239 |
| Surabaya, Indonesia | 2,326 |
| Semarang, Indonesia | 2,484 |
| Farthest Domestic Cities | Miles | | Perth, Australia | 2,139 | | Melbourne, Australia | 1,440 | | Adelaide, Australia | 1,317 | | Sydney, Australia | 1,215 | | Brisbane, Australia | 861 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest African Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
 | Antananarivo, Madagascar | 6,367 |
 | Mogadishu, Somalia | 6,955 |
 | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | 7,167 |
 | Harare, Zimbabwe | 7,400 |
 | Nairobi, Kenya | 7,449 |
| Farthest African Cities | Miles | | Dakar, Senegal | 11,317 | | Conakry, Guinea | 10,975 | | Bamako, Mali | 10,671 | | Marrakech, Morocco | 10,510 | | El-Jadida, Morocco | 10,485 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest Asian Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
| Makasar, Indonesia | 1,960 |
| Davao, Philippines | 2,162 |
| Surabaya, Indonesia | 2,326 |
| Semarang, Indonesia | 2,484 |
| Bandung, Indonesia | 2,668 |
| Farthest Asian Cities | Miles |  | Izmir, Turkey | 8,479 | | Istanbul, Turkey | 8,367 | | Bursa, Turkey | 8,367 | | Afyon, Turkey | 8,292 | | Konya, Turkey | 8,189 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest Australia and Oceania Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
| Brisbane, Australia | 861 |
| Sydney, Australia | 1,215 |
| Adelaide, Australia | 1,317 |
| Melbourne, Australia | 1,440 |
| Perth, Australia | 2,139 |
| Farthest Australia and Oceania Cities | Miles | | Auckland, New Zealand | 2,239 | | Perth, Australia | 2,139 | | Melbourne, Australia | 1,440 | | Adelaide, Australia | 1,317 | | Sydney, Australia | 1,215 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest European Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
 | Ufa, Russia | 7,154 |
| Samara, Russia | 7,377 |
| Kazan, Russia | 7,432 |
| Volgograd, Russia | 7,596 |
| Nizhny Novgorod, Russia | 7,631 |
| Farthest European Cities | Miles |  | Madrid, Spain | 10,000 | | Barcelona, Spain | 9,701 |  | Paris, France | 9,427 |  | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 9,417 | | London, United Kingdom | 9,405 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest North American Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
 | Los Angeles (CA), United States of America | 7,200 |
| San Diego (CA), United States of America | 7,245 |
 | Tijuana, Mexico | 7,249 |
| Phoenix (AZ), United States of America | 7,544 |
 | Calgary (AB), Canada | 7,556 |
| Farthest North American Cities | Miles |  | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 10,093 | | New York (NY), United States of America | 9,561 | | Philadelphia (PA), United States of America | 9,524 | | Montreal (QC), Canada | 9,437 |  | Havana, Cuba | 9,301 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest South American Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
 | Santiago, Chile | 8,219 |
 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 8,550 |
| Córdoba, Argentina | 8,562 |
| Rosario, Argentina | 8,585 |
 | Montevideo, Uruguay | 8,589 |
| Farthest South American Cities | Miles | | Recife, Brazil | 10,713 | | Salvador, Brazil | 10,355 |  | Caracas, Venezuela | 10,212 | | Manaus, Brazil | 10,207 | | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 10,044 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest City To | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
 | Port Moresby | 520 |
| Townsville | 175 |
| Farthest City From | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
 | Praia | 11,740 |