For all cities over 100k, calculated the farthest and closest cities
Discover the closest and farthest cities from any city in the world. Compare city extremes by continent, distance and population.
For all cities over 100k, calculated the farthest and closest cities launched on July 31, 2017 with 11 votes, #849 of 2,972 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.
In plain words
CityExtremes is a tool that searches a database of over 4,000 major cities worldwide to find the closest and farthest urban centers from any given location. Users can enter their own city or use their current location to discover distance metrics filtered by continent, population size, and other criteria. The tool displays the top five nearest and furthest cities, calculates antipodes, and provides comparisons across domestic and international boundaries, making it useful for those curious about geographic relationships between major cities.
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From the sources
Search our database of over 4,000 cities. Discover which city is closest, which is farthest, and compare by continent. Use your location or search any city to find the most distant major city on Earth from that point — with a map and antipode calculation. CityExtremes calculates the closest and farthest cities for every major city in our database. For each city you can see the top five closest and farthest cities overall, the closest foreign city, the farthest domestic city, and the closest and farthest city on each continent. Filter results by population threshold (cities over 100,000, 500,000 or 1 million residents) and switch between kilometres and miles. The most distant city pairs on…from cityextremes.com
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