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Biggest Cities by First and Last Letter

From A-A to Z-U, can you name the biggest cities beginning and ending with each combination of letters?
Only including combinations with a city over 1M+ population. By city proper population.
Some cities that are not the biggest in their metro area are left out
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Last updated: April 24, 2026
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Population
 
City
 
5,362,517
A
Alexandria
A
5,577,940
A
Ahmedabad
D
1,245,011
A
Adelaide
E
1,187,772
A
Anyang
G
1,750,000
A
Abu Dhabi
I
1,136,210
A
Amsterdam
M
5,616,633
A
Abidjan
N
2,132,100
A
Aleppo
O
1,132,383
A
Amritsar
R
3,146,164
A
Athens
S
1,030,063
A
Ashgabat
T
2,348,103
A
Almaty
Y
1,184,788
A
Ahvaz
Z
7,876,000
B
Bogota
A
6,719,476
B
Baghdad
D
8,443,675
B
Bangalore
E
18,960,744
B
Beijing
G
5,666,264
B
Bangkok
K
1,798,218
B
Bhopal
L
1,390,060
B
Belem
M
3,662,381
B
Berlin
N
4,227,569
B
Bamako
O
3,121,707
B
Buenos Aires
S
1,716,961
B
Bucharest
T
1,677,486
B
Benin City
Y
5,630,256
C
Changsha
A
9,580,819
C
Chongqing
G
4,646,732
C
Chennai
I
1,189,525
C
Chelyabinsk
K
4,557,356
C
Changchun
N
9,801,536
C
Cairo
O
2,087,700
C
Caracas
S
13,568,357
C
Chengdu
U
3,407,327
C
Conakry
Y
1,501,551
C
Ciudad Juarez
Z
10,295,786
D
Dhaka
A
1,162,472
D
Dhanbad
D
1,242,600
D
Dushanbe
E
1,809,505
D
Datong
G
11,034,555
D
Delhi
I
5,383,728
D
Dar Es Salaam
M
9,644,871
D
Dalian
N
1,848,947
D
Davao
O
3,186,088
D
Dakar
R
1,414,913
D
Damascus
S
2,410,700
D
Daegu
U
1,238,295
E
Edmonton
N
2,578,480
F
Fortaleza
A
3,691,999
F
Faisalabad
D
1,191,810
F
Fuyang
G
1,200,000
F
Freetown
N
1,182,963
F
Fes
S
3,723,454
F
Fuzhou
U
2,511,118
G
Gujranwala
A
4,021,275
G
Guiyang
G
2,650,288
G
Guayaquil
L
1,361,244
G
Guilin
N
1,680,723
G
Gaziantep
P
1,579,000
G
Gwalior
R
16,096,724
G
Guangzhou
U
2,137,847
H
Havana
A
6,731,790
H
Hyderabad
D
1,491,754
H
Harare
E
7,413,070
H
Hong Kong
G
5,055,978
H
Hefei
I
5,242,897
H
Harbin
N
2,373,399
H
Hohhot
T
9,236,032
H
Hangzhou
U
7,004,921
H
Ho Chi Minh City
Y
1,108,872
I
Islamabad
D
1,964,086
I
Indore
E
15,244,936
I
Istanbul
L
4,239,711
I
Ibadan
N
2,948,160
I
Izmir
R
9,607,787
J
Jakarta
A
7,860,781
J
Johannesburg
G
3,712,917
J
Jeddah
H
5,648,162
J
Jinan
N
3,046,163
J
Jaipur
R
1,143,833
J
Jos
S
7,273,947
K
Kinshasa
A
1,525,152
K
Kobe
E
5,273,144
K
Kunming
G
18,868,021
K
Karachi
I
1,187,771
K
Krasnoyarsk
K
4,434,600
K
Kabul
L
1,410,858
K
Khartoum
M
5,765,401
K
Kano
O
2,765,348
K
Kanpur
R
2,952,301
K
Kyiv
V
11,166,200
L
Lima
A
13,004,135
L
Lahore
E
2,230,661
L
Luoyang
G
2,743,843
L
Linyi
I
8,776,535
L
London
N
12,243,111
L
Lagos
S
3,012,577
L
Lanzhou
U
2,817,105
L
Lucknow
W
2,385,509
M
Mecca
A
3,422,416
M
Madrid
D
4,585,537
M
Melbourne
E
Population
 
City
 
1,549,499
M
Mianyang
G
1,488,719
M
Munich
H
12,442,373
M
Mumbai
I
1,995,471
M
Minsk
K
1,915,366
M
Montreal
L
2,553,600
M
Medellin
N
2,262,600
M
Maracaibo
O
1,331,391
M
Makassar
R
2,281,390
M
Manaus
S
1,305,429
M
Meerut
T
1,650,227
M
Mogadishu
U
13,010,112
M
Moscow
W
8,843,706
M
Mexico City
Y
2,332,176
N
Nagoya
A
1,226,076
N
Nizhny Novgorod
D
7,519,814
N
Nanjing
G
4,397,073
N
Nairobi
I
8,804,190
N
New York
K
3,731,203
N
Ningbo
O
2,405,665
N
Nagpur
R
1,446,761
N
Nouakchott
T
2,752,412
O
Osaka
A
1,125,695
O
Omsk
K
1,849,659
O
Omdurman
N
1,110,887
O
Oslo
O
2,415,266
O
Ouagadougou
U
1,763,336
P
Pretoria
A
3,124,458
P
Pune
E
2,521,785
P
Pyongyang
G
2,189,460
P
Phnom Penh
H
1,034,002
P
Perm
M
1,539,389
P
Putian
N
1,905,975
P
Peshawar
R
2,133,111
P
Paris
S
1,649,810
P
Port Harcourt
T
1,608,139
P
Phoenix
X
1,132,969
P
Panama City
Y
1,565,546
Q
Quetta
A
1,201,158
Q
Qom
M
6,165,279
Q
Qingdao
O
1,029,522
Q
Qiqihar
R
1,469,157
Q
Quanzhou
U
3,084,270
Q
Quezon City
Y
2,745,062
R
Rome
E
6,924,566
R
Riyadh
H
3,357,612
R
Rawalpindi
I
1,142,162
R
Rostov-on-Don
N
6,730,660
R
Rio de Janeiro
O
1,010,433
R
Raipur
R
1,286,678
R
Rajkot
T
2,765,487
S
Surabaya
A
6,111,175
S
Singapore
E
7,026,358
S
Shenyang
G
21,909,814
S
Shanghai
I
9,586,195
S
Seoul
L
1,809,412
S
Stockholm
M
17,444,609
S
Shenzhen
N
11,887,070
S
Sao Paulo
O
2,564,200
S
Salvador
R
1,080,990
S
Sao Luis
S
4,467,797
S
Surat
T
5,892,892
S
Suzhou
U
4,698,656
S
Sydney
Y
1,601,724
S
Santa Cruz
Z
1,810,645
T
Tijuana
A
3,033,840
T
Taichung
G
2,594,581
T
Taipei
I
11,052,404
T
Tianjin
N
9,733,276
T
Tokyo
O
1,275,428
T
Tangier
R
3,112,748
T
Tashkent
T
1,485,502
T
Taizhou
U
1,558,693
T
Tabriz
Z
1,144,809
U
Ufa
A
3,842,560
U
Urumqi
I
1,135,423
U
Ulsan
N
1,466,431
U
Ulaanbaatar
R
2,042,036
V
Vienna
A
1,028,036
V
Volgograd
D
1,057,681
V
Voronezh
H
1,198,491
V
Varanasi
I
1,728,128
V
Visakhapatnam
M
1,998,405
W
Weifang
G
10,494,879
W
Wuhan
N
2,582,017
W
Wenzhou
U
1,861,599
W
Warsaw
W
1,686,403
X
Xiangyang
G
1,480,754
X
Xingtai
I
9,392,938
X
Xian
N
2,845,552
X
Xuzhou
U
2,765,600
Y
Yaounde
E
1,544,376
Y
Yekaterinburg
G
2,311,885
Y
Yantai
I
4,584,622
Y
Yangon
N
2,067,254
Y
Yangzhou
U
1,405,123
Z
Zaria
A
1,400,709
Z
Zhanjiang
G
2,207,090
Z
Zhuhai
I
2,750,312
Z
Zibo
O
6,461,013
Z
Zhengzhou
U
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Level 82
Apr 25, 2026
Great quiz. It's quite tricky and I would have appreciated more thinking time.