With 71% of the surface of the Earth covered by water, the point exactly on the other side of the world to most people is somewhere in the middle of an ocean. As a result, certain cities end up being the farthest away to large areas of land. For example, Perth is the farthest city from much of Eastern North America. Similarly, cities in New Zealand are often farthest from European cities. So what are the cities that are farthest from the most other people? Full results below.
| Country | City | # of Cities Farthest From | Est. Population Farthest From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | New Zealand | Tauranga | 296 | 8.6% |
| New Zealand | Dunedin | 275 | 4.84% |
| New Zealand | Lower Hutt | 275 | 4.61% |
 | United States of America | Honolulu (HI) | 170 | 4.46% |
 | Argentina | Mar del Plata | 110 | 3.61% |
 | Brazil | Rio Grande | 213 | 3.16% |
 | Australia | Perth | 176 | 3.01% |
| New Zealand | Auckland | 88 | 2.98% |
 | Chile | Talcahuano | 122 | 2.92% |
 | Mauritius | Vacoas - Phoenix | 135 | 2.29% |
 | Peru | Ica | 122 | 2.16% |
| Argentina | Bahía Blanca | 25 | 2.1% |
| Argentina | Santa Fe | 29 | 2.01% |
| Chile | Coquimbo | 71 | 1.87% |
| Peru | Callao | 82 | 1.85% |
| Peru | Chiclayo | 60 | 1.78% |
| Argentina | Concordia | 14 | 1.6% |
| Argentina | Santa Rosa | 37 | 1.54% |
| Chile | Punta Arenas | 87 | 1.54% |
| Peru | Piura | 79 | 1.46% |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | 49 | 1.45% |
| Chile | Calama | 24 | 1.3% |
| Chile | Puerto Montt | 52 | 1.27% |
| Brazil | Criciúma | 43 | 1.26% |
| Chile | Coronel | 52 | 1.18% |
 | Bolivia | Tarija | 5 | 1.04% |
| Argentina | Córdoba | 17 | 1% |
 | Paraguay | Asuncion | 23 | 0.98% |
 | Japan | Uruma | 51 | 0.93% |
| Argentina | Río Cuarto | 18 | 0.88% |
 | France | Saint-Paul (La Réunion) | 57 | 0.86% |
| Chile | Valdivia | 40 | 0.85% |
 | Indonesia | Bengkulu | 47 | 0.85% |
| Japan | Urasoe | 68 | 0.84% |
| Argentina | San Rafael | 30 | 0.82% |
| Chile | Antofagasta | 25 | 0.81% |
| Indonesia | Bandar Lampung | 19 | 0.8% |
| Argentina | Salta | 18 | 0.78% |
| Indonesia | Jayapura | 37 | 0.76% |
| Argentina | Tandil | 22 | 0.74% |
| Brazil | Varzea Grande | 28 | 0.71% |
| Argentina | Resistencia | 17 | 0.7% |
| New Zealand | Christchurch | 48 | 0.63% |
 | Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | 23 | 0.6% |
| Argentina | San Nicolás de los Arroyos | 9 | 0.58% |
| Indonesia | Blitar | 28 | 0.53% |
| Peru | Chimbote | 25 | 0.53% |
| Indonesia | Sukabumi | 25 | 0.5% |
| Argentina | Neuquén | 16 | 0.49% |
| Chile | Osorno | 18 | 0.48% |
 | Colombia | Sogamoso | 1 | 0.48% |
 | Cambodia | Bat Dambang | 3 | 0.47% |
 | Spain | San Cristóbal De La Laguna | 10 | 0.46% |
| Argentina | Trelew | 16 | 0.46% |
| Chile | Copiapó | 22 | 0.46% |
| Argentina | La Rioja | 18 | 0.42% |
| Chile | Rancagua | 5 | 0.41% |
| Australia | Sunshine Coast | 16 | 0.41% |
| Chile | Iquique | 13 | 0.4% |
| Bolivia | Yacuiba | 8 | 0.39% |
 | China | Shangluo, Shaanxi | 3 | 0.36% |
| Brazil | Uruguaiana | 7 | 0.35% |
| Argentina | San Juan | 10 | 0.33% |
| Argentina | Rosario | 9 | 0.33% |
| Argentina | San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca | 9 | 0.33% |
 | Ecuador | Ambato | 3 | 0.33% |
| Indonesia | Yogyakarta | 21 | 0.33% |
| Argentina | Santiago del Estero | 19 | 0.32% |
| Japan | Okinawa | 28 | 0.31% |
 | Canada | St. John's (NL) | 5 | 0.29% |
 | Uruguay | Montevideo | 3 | 0.27% |
 | Philippines | Calbayog | 8 | 0.25% |
| Argentina | Corrientes | 4 | 0.24% |
 | Venezuela | San Fernando De Apure | 8 | 0.23% |
| Peru | Huancayo | 2 | 0.23% |
| Argentina | Mendoza | 5 | 0.22% |
| Chile | Valparaíso | 7 | 0.19% |
| China | Dafeng, Jiangsu | 1 | 0.19% |
| Indonesia | Denpasar | 17 | 0.18% |
| Brazil | Boa Vista | 6 | 0.18% |
| Indonesia | Bandung | 7 | 0.18% |
| Peru | Chincha Alta | 9 | 0.17% |
| Brazil | Cuiabá | 14 | 0.17% |
| Ecuador | Cuenca | 9 | 0.17% |
| Argentina | Comodoro Rivadavia | 8 | 0.16% |
| Chile | Talca | 4 | 0.16% |
| Indonesia | Tanjung Balai | 6 | 0.16% |
| Indonesia | Pakanbaru | 8 | 0.15% |
| Venezuela | Barinas | 6 | 0.15% |
| China | Wanning, Hainan | 6 | 0.15% |
| Ecuador | Machala | 5 | 0.14% |
| Brazil | Parauapebas | 7 | 0.14% |
| Brazil | Santarém | 12 | 0.14% |
| Argentina | San Miguel de Tucumán | 7 | 0.12% |
| Colombia | Piedecuesta | 1 | 0.12% |
| China | Qingdao, Shandong | 9 | 0.11% |
 | South Africa | Umlazi | 8 | 0.1% |
| Indonesia | Mataram | 5 | 0.1% |
| Japan | Kagoshima | 3 | 0.09% |
| Brazil | Ji-Paraná | 8 | 0.09% |
| Peru | Sullana | 8 | 0.09% |
| Colombia | Duitama | 1 | 0.09% |
 | Malaysia | Tawau | 1 | 0.09% |
| United States of America | Virginia Beach (VA) | 1 | 0.08% |
| Japan | Kanoya | 8 | 0.08% |
 | Republic of China | Keelung City | 6 | 0.08% |
| Colombia | Neiva | 2 | 0.08% |
| Philippines | San Fernando (La Union) | 1 | 0.08% |
| China | Macheng, Hubei | 1 | 0.08% |
| Chile | Temuco | 2 | 0.08% |
 | Mexico | Ensenada | 5 | 0.08% |
| Spain | Marbella | 1 | 0.07% |
 | South Korea | Gwangju | 1 | 0.07% |
| China | Xinghua, Jiangsu | 1 | 0.07% |
| Brazil | Alvorada | 4 | 0.06% |
| New Zealand | Wellington | 5 | 0.06% |
| Venezuela | El Tigre | 2 | 0.06% |
| Argentina | Moreno | 1 | 0.06% |
| Brazil | Manaus | 3 | 0.06% |
| Indonesia | Ambon | 4 | 0.06% |
| New Zealand | Hamilton | 4 | 0.06% |
 | Vietnam | Da Nang | 3 | 0.06% |
| Ecuador | Loja | 3 | 0.05% |
| Australia | Gold Coast-Tweed | 5 | 0.05% |
 | Thailand | Nakhon Si Thammarat | 2 | 0.05% |
| Indonesia | Jambi | 4 | 0.05% |
| Colombia | Bucaramanga | 1 | 0.05% |
| Philippines | Tuguegarao | 2 | 0.05% |
| China | Ji'an, Jiangxi | 1 | 0.04% |
| Ecuador | Santo Domingo De Los Colorados | 1 | 0.04% |
| Colombia | Zipaquirá | 1 | 0.04% |
| China | Ankang, Shaanxi | 4 | 0.04% |
| Ecuador | Esmeraldas | 1 | 0.04% |
| Philippines | Surigao | 5 | 0.04% |
| China | Rui'an, Zhejiang | 2 | 0.04% |
| Peru | Iquitos | 4 | 0.04% |
| Peru | Cuzco | 4 | 0.04% |
| Peru | Arequipa | 3 | 0.04% |
| China | Weihai, Shandong | 1 | 0.04% |
| Philippines | Tagum | 4 | 0.03% |
| Thailand | Hat Yai | 2 | 0.03% |
| Brazil | Chapecó | 4 | 0.03% |
| Indonesia | Malang | 4 | 0.03% |
 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong Sar | 3 | 0.03% |
| China | Wuzhong, Ningxia | 4 | 0.03% |
| Indonesia | Palembang | 2 | 0.03% |
 | Cape Verde | Praia | 3 | 0.03% |
| Malaysia | George Town | 2 | 0.03% |
| China | Nanxiong, Guangdong | 1 | 0.03% |
| Philippines | Naga | 3 | 0.03% |
| Venezuela | San Cristóbal | 2 | 0.03% |
| Colombia | Pitalito | 1 | 0.03% |
| China | Jintan, Jiangsu | 1 | 0.03% |
| Spain | A Coruña | 2 | 0.02% |
| Japan | Nagasaki | 2 | 0.02% |
| Brazil | Porto Velho | 2 | 0.02% |
| Philippines | Puerto Princesa | 2 | 0.02% |
| Peru | Pucallpa | 3 | 0.02% |
| Vietnam | Rach Gia | 3 | 0.02% |
| Peru | Tarapoto | 2 | 0.02% |
| Chile | Arica | 3 | 0.02% |
| Malaysia | Subang Jaya | 1 | 0.02% |
| China | Shuozhou, Shanxi | 1 | 0.02% |
| China | Fuzhou, Jiangxi | 1 | 0.02% |
| China | Lichuan, Hubei | 2 | 0.02% |
 | Namibia | Windhoek | 1 | 0.02% |
| China | Guiping, Guangxi | 1 | 0.02% |
| Malaysia | Kuantan | 1 | 0.02% |
| Cambodia | Seam Reab | 2 | 0.02% |
| Chile | La Serena | 2 | 0.02% |
| Mexico | La Paz, Baja California Sur | 3 | 0.02% |
| China | Zhoushan, Zhejiang | 2 | 0.02% |
| China | Linhe, Inner Mongolia | 2 | 0.02% |
| Vietnam | Buonmathuot | 1 | 0.02% |
| China | Jiaonan, Shandong | 3 | 0.02% |
| Brazil | Macapá | 1 | 0.02% |
| China | Rizhao, Shandong | 3 | 0.02% |
| United States of America | Oxnard (CA) | 2 | 0.02% |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 1 | 0.02% |
 | Suriname | Paramaribo | 2 | 0.02% |
| China | Tianjin | 1 | 0.02% |
| Peru | Tacna | 1 | 0.02% |
| Colombia | Buenaventura | 1 | 0.02% |
| Spain | Salamanca | 2 | 0.02% |
| Colombia | Barrancabermeja | 1 | 0.01% |
| South Africa | Port Elizabeth | 1 | 0.01% |
| Indonesia | Pare Pare | 1 | 0.01% |
| Indonesia | Tangerang | 2 | 0.01% |
| Peru | Huánuco | 2 | 0.01% |
| China | Shizuishan, Ningxia | 1 | 0.01% |
| Philippines | Tacloban | 1 | 0.01% |
| Brazil | Parnaíba | 1 | 0.01% |
| Argentina | Libertad | 1 | 0.01% |
 | Timor-Leste | Dili | 1 | 0.01% |
| China | Sanya, Hainan | 1 | 0.01% |
| China | Xilin Hot, Inner Mongolia | 2 | 0.01% |
| China | Xi'an, Shaanxi | 1 | 0.01% |
| Peru | Trujillo | 2 | 0.01% |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | 2 | 0.01% |
| Chile | Villa Alemana | 1 | 0.01% |
| China | Tongchuan, Shaanxi | 1 | 0.01% |
| Indonesia | Bitung | 1 | 0.01% |
| Chile | Chillán | 1 | 0.01% |
| China | Haikou, Hainan | 1 | 0.01% |
| Republic of China | Taitung City | 1 | 0.01% |
| China | Yan'an, Shaanxi | 1 | 0.01% |
| China | Huaihua, Hunan | 1 | 0.01% |
| Malaysia | Ipoh | 1 | 0.01% |
| Mexico | Manzanillo | 1 | 0.01% |
| Chile | Puente Alto | 1 | 0.01% |
| China | Lianyungang, Jiangsu | 1 | 0.01% |
| China | Luoding, Guangdong | 1 | 0.01% |
| China | Shanghai | 1 | 0.01% |
| China | Linxiang, Hunan | 1 | 0.01% |
| Spain | Córdoba | 1 | 0.01% |
| China | Liu'an, Anhui | 1 | 0.01% |
| China | Liuyang, Hunan | 1 | 0.01% |
| China | Wuhai, Inner Mongolia | 1 | 0.01% |
| China | Pingliang, Gansu | 1 | 0.01% |
| Indonesia | Makasar | 1 | 0.01% |
| Indonesia | Kediri | 1 | 0.01% |
| Australia | Townsville | 1 | 0.01% |
| China | Yancheng, Jiangsu | 1 | 0.01% |
| Indonesia | Padang | 1 | 0.01% |
 | Russia | Ulan-Ude | 1 | 0.01% |
| Malaysia | Kota Bharu | 1 | 0.01% |
| Spain | Jaén | 1 | 0.01% |
| Bolivia | Santa Cruz | 1 | 0.01% |
| China | Yicheng, Hubei | 1 | 0.01% |
| Mexico | Acapulco | 1 | 0.01% |
| China | Lufeng, Guangdong | 1 | 0.01% |
| China | Shiyan, Hubei | 1 | 0.01% |
| Australia | Hobart | 1 | 0.01% |
| China | Sanmenxia, Henan | 1 | 0.01% |
| China | Liaocheng, Shandong | 1 | 0.01% |
| United States of America | Salinas (CA) | 1 | 0.01% |
| China | Zhaoyuan, Shandong | 1 | 0.01% |
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