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.
Auckland, New Zealand is farthest from ~25% of the world.
Tauranga, New Zealand is farthest from ~9% of the world.
Country | City | # of Cities Farthest From | Est. Population Farthest From | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | Adelaide | 1 | 0.01% | |
Madagascar | Antananarivo | 172 | 2.84% | |
New Zealand | Auckland | 1099 | 24.8% | |
Indonesia | Bandung | 39 | 0.8% | |
China | Baotou, Inner Mongolia | 2 | 0.02% | |
Venezuela | Barquisimeto | 6 | 0.08% | |
Cambodia | Bat Dambang | 4 | 0.48% | |
Colombia | Bogotá | 4 | 0.08% | |
Australia | Brisbane | 39 | 1.02% | |
Colombia | Bucaramanga | 6 | 0.76% | |
Argentina | Buenos Aires | 64 | 3.9% | |
Colombia | Cali | 3 | 0.11% | |
Philippines | Caloocan | 1 | 0.08% | |
Venezuela | Caracas | 10 | 0.37% | |
China | Changsha, Hunan | 1 | 0.01% | |
China | Chifeng, Inner Mongolia | 1 | 0.01% | |
China | Chongqing | 2 | 0.02% | |
Argentina | Córdoba | 133 | 3.9% | |
Colombia | Cúcuta | 5 | 0.12% | |
Guatemala | Cuidad de Guatemala | 1 | 0.01% | |
Brazil | Curitiba | 4 | 0.03% | |
Senegal | Dakar | 7 | 0.18% | |
Philippines | Davao | 56 | 1.04% | |
China | Dengzhou, Henan | 1 | 0.01% | |
Morocco | El-Jadida | 10 | 0.54% | |
Japan | Fukuoka | 54 | 0.73% | |
China | Fuyang, Anhui | 1 | 0.01% | |
Brazil | Goiânia | 5 | 0.04% | |
Mexico | Guadalajara | 1 | 0.01% | |
Ecuador | Guayaquil | 67 | 1.09% | |
China | Guigang, Guangxi | 1 | 0.02% | |
South Korea | Gwangju | 1 | 0.07% | |
China | Haikou, Hainan | 11 | 0.22% | |
Zimbabwe | Harare | 1 | 0.01% | |
China | Hefei, Anhui | 1 | 0.08% | |
Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh | 2 | 0.03% | |
Hong Kong | Hong Kong Sar | 3 | 0.03% | |
China | Huai'an, Jiangsu | 1 | 0.01% | |
China | Huizhou, Guangdong | 1 | 0.03% | |
Indonesia | Jakarta | 2 | 0.01% | |
Republic of China | Kaohsiung City | 2 | 0.05% | |
Morocco | Kénitra | 1 | 0.07% | |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 12 | 0.24% | |
China | Lianyungang, Jiangsu | 1 | 0.01% | |
China | Liaocheng, Shandong | 1 | 0.01% | |
Peru | Lima | 421 | 9.31% | |
United States of America | Los Angeles (CA) | 62 | 1.23% | |
China | Luoyang, Henan | 1 | 0.01% | |
Zambia | Lusaka | 1 | 0.02% | |
Spain | Madrid | 6 | 0.05% | |
Indonesia | Makasar | 4 | 0.08% | |
Brazil | Manaus | 44 | 0.65% | |
Philippines | Manila | 2 | 0.02% | |
China | Maoming, Guangdong | 1 | 0.01% | |
Indonesia | Medan | 9 | 0.14% | |
Australia | Melbourne | 1 | 0.01% | |
Uruguay | Montevideo | 137 | 4.31% | |
China | Nanchang, Jiangxi | 1 | 0.02% | |
Republic of China | New Taipei City | 70 | 0.85% | |
United States of America | New York (NY) | 2 | 0.14% | |
China | Ningbo, Zhejiang | 2 | 0.02% | |
Japan | Osaka | 29 | 0.64% | |
Indonesia | Palembang | 19 | 0.42% | |
Australia | Perth | 212 | 3.65% | |
Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 5 | 0.05% | |
Brazil | Porto Alegre | 257 | 4.56% | |
China | Qingdao, Shandong | 10 | 0.3% | |
Philippines | Quezon City | 14 | 0.31% | |
Ecuador | Quito | 5 | 0.42% | |
Brazil | Recife | 1 | 0.01% | |
China | Rizhao, Shandong | 6 | 0.03% | |
Argentina | Rosario | 98 | 6.46% | |
Bolivia | Santa Cruz | 111 | 5.23% | |
Chile | Santiago | 449 | 11.13% | |
Indonesia | Semarang | 15 | 0.21% | |
China | Shanghai | 1 | 0.01% | |
China | Shantou, Guangdong | 1 | 0.01% | |
Singapore | Singapore | 5 | 0.12% | |
Indonesia | Surabaya | 48 | 0.73% | |
Republic of China | Taipei | 6 | 0.08% | |
China | Taiyuan, Shanxi | 1 | 0.02% | |
China | Taizhou, Zhejiang | 1 | 0.01% | |
Indonesia | Tangerang | 99 | 2.57% | |
China | Tianjin | 1 | 0.02% | |
Mexico | Tijuana | 54 | 1.25% | |
Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 2 | 0.01% | |
China | Wenling, Zhejiang | 1 | 0.01% | |
China | Wenzhou, Zhejiang | 2 | 0.04% | |
China | Xi'an, Shaanxi | 9 | 0.42% | |
China | Xiangyang, Hubei | 1 | 0.01% | |
China | Yangzhou, Jiangsu | 1 | 0.07% | |
China | Yantai, Shandong | 2 | 0.04% | |
China | Yinchuan, Ningxia | 8 | 0.06% | |
China | Yixing, Jiangsu | 1 | 0.03% | |
China | Yueyang, Hunan | 1 | 0.01% | |
Mexico | Zapopan | 6 | 0.21% | |
China | Zhuzhou, Hunan | 1 | 0.04% | |
China | Zunyi, Guizhou | 1 | 0.01% |
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