Country: Nigeria
Continent: Africa
Population: 1,197,497
Country Capital: No
For all cities with a population greater than one million, Maiduguri is closest to Kano and farthest from Auckland. The closest foreign city is Yaounde and the farthest domestic city is Lagos. See below for the top 5 closest and farthest cities (domestically, internationally and by continent) and to see which cities, if any, Maiduguri is the closest and farthest to. Filter to include all cities over 100k, 500k or 1 million in population.
| Closest Cities | KM | |
|---|---|---|
 | Kano, Nigeria | 505 |
 | Yaounde, Cameroon | 899 |
| Douala, Cameroon | 941 |
| Harcourt, Nigeria | 1,022 |
| Benin City, Nigeria | 1,026 |
| Farthest Cities | KM | |
|---|---|---|
 | Auckland, New Zealand | 16,686 |
 | Brisbane, Australia | 15,505 |
| Sydney, Australia | 15,125 |
| Melbourne, Australia | 14,449 |
| Adelaide, Australia | 13,978 |
| Closest Foreign Cities | KM | |
|---|---|---|
| Yaounde, Cameroon | 899 |
| Douala, Cameroon | 941 |
 | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | 1,599 |
 | Accra, Ghana | 1,624 |
| Kumasi, Ghana | 1,719 |
| Farthest Domestic Cities | KM | | Lagos, Nigeria | 1,224 | | Ibadan, Nigeria | 1,126 | | Ogbomosho, Nigeria | 1,058 | | Benin City, Nigeria | 1,026 | | Harcourt, Nigeria | 1,022 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest African Cities | KM | |
|---|---|---|
| Kano, Nigeria | 505 |
| Yaounde, Cameroon | 899 |
| Douala, Cameroon | 941 |
| Harcourt, Nigeria | 1,022 |
| Benin City, Nigeria | 1,026 |
| Farthest African Cities | KM |  | Antananarivo, Madagascar | 5,080 |  | Harare, Zimbabwe | 3,826 |  | Mogadishu, Somalia | 3,715 |  | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | 3,552 |  | Lusaka, Zambia | 3,444 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest Asian Cities | KM | |
|---|---|---|
 | Jiddah, Saudi Arabia | 2,971 |
| Makkah, Saudi Arabia | 3,030 |
 | Amman, Jordan | 3,228 |
 | Izmir, Turkey | 3,256 |
 | Damascus, Syria | 3,363 |
| Farthest Asian Cities | KM |  | Yokohama, Japan | 12,337 | | Kawasaki, Japan | 12,337 | | Tokyo, Japan | 12,326 | | Saitama, Japan | 12,312 | | Sendai, Japan | 12,254 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest Australia and Oceania Cities | KM | |
|---|---|---|
| Perth, Australia | 11,894 |
| Adelaide, Australia | 13,978 |
| Melbourne, Australia | 14,449 |
| Sydney, Australia | 15,125 |
| Brisbane, Australia | 15,505 |
| Farthest Australia and Oceania Cities | KM | | Auckland, New Zealand | 16,686 | | Brisbane, Australia | 15,505 | | Sydney, Australia | 15,125 | | Melbourne, Australia | 14,449 | | Adelaide, Australia | 13,978 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest European Cities | KM | |
|---|---|---|
 | Rome, Italy | 3,332 |
 | Barcelona, Spain | 3,445 |
 | Sofia, Bulgaria | 3,559 |
| Madrid, Spain | 3,573 |
| Istanbul, Turkey | 3,584 |
| Farthest European Cities | KM |  | Ufa, Russia | 6,046 | | Kazan, Russia | 5,782 | | Samara, Russia | 5,637 | | Nizhny Novgorod, Russia | 5,604 | | Saint Petersburg, Russia | 5,524 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest North American Cities | KM | |
|---|---|---|
 | Montreal (QC), Canada | 8,826 |
 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 8,892 |
 | New York (NY), United States of America | 8,925 |
| Philadelphia (PA), United States of America | 9,034 |
| Toronto (ON), Canada | 9,314 |
| Farthest North American Cities | KM |  | Tijuana, Mexico | 12,802 | | San Diego (CA), United States of America | 12,798 | | Los Angeles (CA), United States of America | 12,795 | | Phoenix (AZ), United States of America | 12,356 | | Zapopan, Mexico | 12,211 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest South American Cities | KM | |
|---|---|---|
 | Recife, Brazil | 5,753 |
| Salvador, Brazil | 6,330 |
| Belo Horizonte, Brazil | 7,172 |
| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 7,244 |
| Brasilia, Brazil | 7,388 |
| Farthest South American Cities | KM |  | Guayaquil, Ecuador | 10,400 |  | Lima, Peru | 10,310 | | Quito, Ecuador | 10,205 |  | Santiago, Chile | 10,164 |  | Cali, Colombia | 9,905 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest City To | KM | |
|---|---|---|
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| Farthest City From | KM | |
|---|---|---|
| Not the farthest city from any other city | ||