20 world cities furthest from a bigger, with a map

Name the 20 cities, with a population over 10,000, that are furthest from a bigger city. Distance to nearest bigger city, and population, are given. Nearest bigger city, that is not a remaining answer, is shown.
Urban area populations from citypopulation.de and Wikipedia, March 2026.
Distances from timeanddate.com.
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Km
Pop
City
Nearest bigger
-
73.6 M
Guangzhou
-
11324
25.6 M
Mexico City
Tokyo
7421
22.7 M
São Paulo
Mexico City
4689
5.45 M
Melbourne
Surabaya
4364
23.2 M
Cairo
Mumbai
3916
21.9 M
Lagos
Cairo
3857
853 k
Honolulu
San Francisco
3649
36.9 M
Delhi
Guangzhou
3390
124 k
Papeete
Suva
3358
22.6 M
New York City
Mexico City
Km
Pop
City
Nearest bigger
3133
29.8 M
Jakarta
Guangzhou
3130
12.2 M
Lima
Buenos Aires
2900
19.1 M
Moscow
Cairo
2776
15.1 M
Johannesburg
Kinshasa
2727
2.47 M
Perth
Melbourne
2506
15.4 M
London
Istanbul
2491
17.4 M
Los Angeles
Mexico City
2161
1.54 M
Auckland
Sydney
2132
249 k
Anchorage
Vancouver
2105
185 k
Suva
Auckland
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Level 44
Mar 29, 2026
Nice quiz!