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