Farthest cities from each other

The maximum possible distance between two cities on Earth is around 20,000 km — half the circumference of the globe. These are the city pairs that come closest to that theoretical maximum.

#	City A	City B	Distance
1	Xinghua, Jiangsu, China	Rosario, Argentina	19,996 km (12,425 mi)
2	Concordia, Argentina	Shanghai, China	19,984 km (12,417 mi)
3	Iquique, Chile	Haikou, Hainan, China	19,979 km (12,414 mi)
4	El Tigre, Venezuela	Denpasar, Indonesia	19,978 km (12,414 mi)
5	Mendoza, Argentina	Shiyan, Hubei, China	19,974 km (12,411 mi)
6	Rancagua, Chile	Xi'an, Shaanxi, China	19,972 km (12,410 mi)
7	Tianchang, Anhui, China	Rosario, Argentina	19,972 km (12,410 mi)
8	Santa Rosa, Argentina	Liaocheng, Shandong, China	19,970 km (12,409 mi)
9	San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina	Yancheng, Jiangsu, China	19,970 km (12,409 mi)
10	Tandil, Argentina	Yantai, Shandong, China	19,965 km (12,406 mi)
11	Jintan, Jiangsu, China	Santa Fe, Argentina	19,962 km (12,404 mi)
12	Piedecuesta, Colombia	Bandung, Indonesia	19,962 km (12,404 mi)
13	Shangluo, Shaanxi, China	Puente Alto, Chile	19,962 km (12,404 mi)
14	Marbella, Spain	Auckland, New Zealand	19,960 km (12,403 mi)
15	Nanxiong, Guangdong, China	Salta, Argentina	19,959 km (12,402 mi)
16	Danyang, Jiangsu, China	Santa Fe, Argentina	19,958 km (12,401 mi)
17	Changzhou, Jiangsu, China	Santa Fe, Argentina	19,957 km (12,401 mi)
18	Keelung City, Republic of China	Asuncion, Paraguay	19,957 km (12,401 mi)
19	Yixing, Jiangsu, China	Santa Fe, Argentina	19,957 km (12,401 mi)
20	Río Cuarto, Argentina	Fuyang, Anhui, China	19,955 km (12,399 mi)
21	Ji'an, Jiangxi, China	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina	19,954 km (12,399 mi)
22	Jurong, Jiangsu, China	Santa Fe, Argentina	19,954 km (12,399 mi)
23	Liyang, Jiangsu, China	Santa Fe, Argentina	19,954 km (12,399 mi)
24	San Rafael, Argentina	Luoyang, Henan, China	19,954 km (12,399 mi)
25	Floridablanca, Colombia	Bandung, Indonesia	19,953 km (12,398 mi)
26	Ma'anshan, Anhui, China	Santa Fe, Argentina	19,953 km (12,398 mi)
27	Duitama, Colombia	Tangerang, Indonesia	19,952 km (12,398 mi)
28	Pitalito, Colombia	Jambi, Indonesia	19,952 km (12,398 mi)
29	Auckland, New Zealand	Málaga, Spain	19,950 km (12,396 mi)
30	Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Tianjin, China	19,950 km (12,396 mi)
31	Santo Domingo De Los Colorados, Ecuador	Pakanbaru, Indonesia	19,950 km (12,396 mi)
32	Uruguaiana, Brazil	Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China	19,950 km (12,396 mi)
33	Cuenca, Ecuador	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	19,949 km (12,396 mi)
34	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Weihai, Shandong, China	19,949 km (12,396 mi)
35	Da Nang, Vietnam	Arequipa, Peru	19,948 km (12,395 mi)
36	Gaoyou, Jiangsu, China	Rosario, Argentina	19,948 km (12,395 mi)
37	Hat Yai, Thailand	Chiclayo, Peru	19,948 km (12,395 mi)
38	Bandung, Indonesia	Bucaramanga, Colombia	19,947 km (12,394 mi)
39	Girón, Colombia	Bandung, Indonesia	19,945 km (12,393 mi)
40	Nanjing, Jiangsu, China	Santa Fe, Argentina	19,945 km (12,393 mi)
41	Sogamoso, Colombia	Jakarta, Indonesia	19,945 km (12,393 mi)
42	Antofagasta, Chile	Guigang, Guangxi, China	19,944 km (12,393 mi)
43	Asuncion, Paraguay	Taipei, Republic of China	19,944 km (12,393 mi)
44	Jiangdu, Jiangsu, China	Rosario, Argentina	19,944 km (12,393 mi)
45	Florencia, Colombia	Jambi, Indonesia	19,943 km (12,392 mi)
46	Macheng, Hubei, China	Córdoba, Argentina	19,943 km (12,392 mi)
47	Jérez De La Frontera, Spain	Auckland, New Zealand	19,942 km (12,391 mi)
48	Rosario, Argentina	Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China	19,942 km (12,391 mi)
49	Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China	Santa Fe, Argentina	19,942 km (12,391 mi)
50	Huancayo, Peru	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	19,941 km (12,391 mi)