Country: Australia
Continent: Australia and Oceania
Population: 172,316
Country Capital: No
For all cities with a population greater than five hundred thousand, Townsville is closest to Brisbane and farthest from Pikine. The closest foreign city is Auckland 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, Townsville is the closest and farthest to. Filter to include all cities over 100k, 500k or 1 million in population.
| Closest Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
 | Brisbane, Australia | 689 |
| Gold Coast-Tweed, Australia | 745 |
| Newcastle, Australia | 990 |
| Sydney, Australia | 1,041 |
| Adelaide, Australia | 1,191 |
| Farthest Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
 | Pikine, Senegal | 11,359 |
| Dakar, Senegal | 11,357 |
| Thiès, Senegal | 11,329 |
| Mbour, Senegal | 11,324 |
 | Nouakchott, Mauritania | 11,318 |
| Closest Foreign Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
 | Auckland, New Zealand | 2,080 |
 | Makasar, Indonesia | 2,087 |
| Denpasar, Indonesia | 2,238 |
 | General Santos, Philippines | 2,284 |
| Davao, Philippines | 2,329 |
| Farthest Domestic Cities | Miles | | Perth, Australia | 2,111 | | Melbourne, Australia | 1,283 | | Adelaide, Australia | 1,191 | | Sydney, Australia | 1,041 | | Newcastle, Australia | 990 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest African Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
 | Antananarivo, Madagascar | 6,375 |
 | Durban, South Africa | 6,994 |
 | Mogadishu, Somalia | 7,019 |
 | Maputo, Mozambique | 7,042 |
| Port Elizabeth, South Africa | 7,117 |
| Farthest African Cities | Miles | | Pikine, Senegal | 11,359 | | Dakar, Senegal | 11,357 | | Thiès, Senegal | 11,329 | | Mbour, Senegal | 11,324 | | Nouakchott, Mauritania | 11,318 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest Asian Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
| Makasar, Indonesia | 2,087 |
| Denpasar, Indonesia | 2,238 |
| General Santos, Philippines | 2,284 |
| Davao, Philippines | 2,329 |
| Balikpapan, Indonesia | 2,379 |
| Farthest Asian Cities | Miles |  | Izmir, Turkey | 8,626 | | Istanbul, Turkey | 8,520 | | Bursa, Turkey | 8,518 | | Eskisehir, Turkey | 8,441 | | Afyon, Turkey | 8,439 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest Australia and Oceania Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
| Brisbane, Australia | 689 |
| Gold Coast-Tweed, Australia | 745 |
| Newcastle, Australia | 990 |
| Sydney, Australia | 1,041 |
| Adelaide, Australia | 1,191 |
| Farthest Australia and Oceania Cities | Miles | | Perth, Australia | 2,111 | | Auckland, New Zealand | 2,080 | | Melbourne, Australia | 1,283 | | Adelaide, Australia | 1,191 | | Sydney, Australia | 1,041 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest European Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
 | Orenburg, Russia | 7,322 |
| Ufa, Russia | 7,325 |
| Perm, Russia | 7,355 |
| Izhevsk, Russia | 7,453 |
| Naberezhnye Tchelny, Russia | 7,478 |
| Farthest European Cities | Miles |  | Seville, Spain | 10,378 | | Málaga, Spain | 10,325 | | Madrid, Spain | 10,165 | | Valencia, Spain | 10,042 | | Zaragoza, Spain | 9,995 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest North American Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
 | San Francisco (CA), United States of America | 7,061 |
| San Jose (CA), United States of America | 7,081 |
| Portland (OR), United States of America | 7,177 |
 | Vancouver (BC), Canada | 7,215 |
| Los Angeles (CA), United States of America | 7,225 |
| Farthest North American Cities | Miles |  | Santo Domingo East, Dominican Republic | 10,050 | | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 10,043 | | Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic | 10,003 |  | Port-au-Prince, Haiti | 9,890 | | Boston (MA), United States of America | 9,717 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest South American Cities | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
 | Puente Alto, Chile | 8,042 |
| Santiago, Chile | 8,048 |
 | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 8,188 |
| La Plata, Argentina | 8,367 |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina | 8,375 |
| Farthest South American Cities | Miles |  | Fortaleza, Brazil | 10,810 | | Sao Luís, Brazil | 10,756 | | Natal, Brazil | 10,702 | | Teresina, Brazil | 10,635 | | Joao Pessoa, Brazil | 10,614 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest City To | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
| Cairns | 175 |
| Farthest City From | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
| Not the farthest city from any other city | ||