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