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Name every alpha, beta and gamma classified city in the 2024 Global Cities report conducted by Globalization and World Cities (GaWC).
Essentially, these are the most important cities to the global market.
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A
A++
1
United Kingdom
London
2
United States
New York
 
 
 
 
A+
3
China
Hong Kong
4
Beijing
5
Singapore
Singapore
6
China
Shanghai
7
France
Paris
8
United Arab Emirates
Dubai
9
Japan
Tokyo
10
Australia
Sydney
 
 
 
 
A
11
South Korea
Seoul
12
Italy
Milan
13
Canada
Toronto
14
Germany
Frankfurt
15
United States
Chicago
16
Indonesia
Jakarta
17
Brazil
São Paulo
18
Mexico
Mexico City
19
India
Mumbai
20
Spain
Madrid
21
Poland
Warsaw
22
China
Guangzhou
23
Turkey
Istanbul
24
Netherlands
Amsterdam
25
Thailand
Bangkok
26
United States
Los Angeles
27
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
 
 
 
 
A-
28
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
29
Taiwan
Taipei
30
China
Shenzhen
31
Belgium
Brussels
32
Switzerland
Zurich
33
Argentina
Buenos Aires
34
Australia
Melbourne
35
United States
San Francisco
36
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
37
Chile
Santiago
38
Germany
Düsseldorf
39
Sweden
Stockholm
40
United States
Washington
41
Austria
Vienna
42
Portugal
Lisbon
43
Germany
Munich
44
Ireland
Dublin
45
United States
Houston
46
Germany
Berlin
47
South Africa
Johannesburg
48
United States
Boston
49
India
New Delhi
B
B+
50
Colombia
Bogota
51
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City
52
Italy
Rome
53
India
Bengaluru
54
Hungary
Budapest
55
Greece
Athens
56
Germany
Hamburg
57
Qatar
Doha
58
China
Chengdu
59
United States
Miami
60
China
Tianjin
61
United States
Dallas
62
Atlanta
63
New Zealand
Auckland
64
Spain
Barcelona
65
China
Hangzhou
66
Romania
Bucharest
67
Peru
Lima
68
Canada
Montreal
69
Czech Republic
Prague
 
 
 
 
B
70
China
Chongqing
71
Israel
Tel Aviv
72
Australia
Brisbane
73
Egypt
Cairo
74
Vietnam
Hanoi
75
China
Nanjing
76
Norway
Oslo
77
Australia
Perth
78
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
79
Denmark
Copenhagen
80
Bahrain
Manama
81
China
Wuhan
82
Philippines
Manila
83
China
Xiamen
84
Kenya
Nairobi
85
Ukraine
Kyiv
86
Switzerland
Geneva
87
China
Jinan
88
Canada
Calgary
89
China
Zhengzhou
90
Shenyang
91
Dalian
92
Suzhou
 
 
 
 
B-
93
China
Qingdao
94
Morocco
Casablanca
95
China
Changsha
96
Lebanon
Beirut
97
Mauritius
Port Louis
98
United States
Denver
99
Nigeria
Lagos
100
Serbia
Belgrade
101
Uruguay
Montevideo
102
Canada
Vancouver
103
United States
Seattle
104
United Kingdom
Manchester
105
Bulgaria
Sofia
106
Slovakia
Bratislava
107
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
108
France
Lyon
109
China
Xi'an
110
Finland
Helsinki
111
China
Kunming
112
Croatia
Zagreb
113
Cyprus
Nicosia
114
Pakistan
Karachi
115
Venezuela
Caracas
116
China
Hefei
117
Germany
Stuttgart
118
Panama
Panama City
119
India
Chennai
120
United States
Philadelphia
G
G+
121
Tunisia
Tunis
122
China
Fuzhou
123
Guatemala
Guatemala
124
India
Hyderabad
125
South Africa
Cape Town
126
Bangladesh
Dhaka
127
Portugal
Porto
128
United States
Austin
129
San Diego
130
Minneapolis
131
Belgium
Antwerp
132
Kazakhstan
Almaty
133
Jordan
Amman
134
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
135
Netherlands
Rotterdam
136
Australia
Adelaide
137
Pakistan
Lahore
138
Sri Lanka
Colombo
139
China
Taiyuan
140
Kuwait
Kuwait City
 
 
 
 
G
141
Mexico
Monterrey
142
Japan
Osaka
143
China
Haikou
144
Georgia
Tbilisi
145
United States
Tampa
146
Albania
Tirana
147
Ecuador
Quito
148
United States
Nashville
149
Pakistan
Islamabad
150
Uganda
Kampala
151
El Salvador
San Salvador
152
Oman
Muscat
153
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
154
United Kingdom
Birmingham
155
India
Pune
156
China
Ningbo
157
Harbin
158
United States
San Jose
159
Italy
Bologna
160
Costa Rica
San José
161
India
Ahmedabad
162
United Kingdom
Bristol
163
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
164
Latvia
Riga
165
United States
Detroit
 
 
 
 
G-
166
Poland
Poznań
167
Malaysia
Labuan
168
United States
Charlotte
169
Pittsburgh
170
Spain
Valencia
171
United Kingdom
Edinburgh
172
Saudi Arabia
Jeddah
173
Italy
Turin
174
Poland
Katowice
175
Azerbaijan
Baku
176
Malaysia
Georgetown
177
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam
178
New Zealand
Wellington
179
Nicaragua
Managua
180
United States
Cleveland
181
China
Nanchang
182
Changchun
183
Colombia
Cali
184
United States
St. Louis
185
Slovenia
Ljubljana
186
United States
Baltimore
187
Spain
Bilbao
188
France
Marseille
189
Indonesia
Surabaya
190
Ghana
Accra
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7 Comments
+2
Level 83
Dec 20, 2024
Fun Quiz!
+5
Level 68
Dec 10, 2025
Could washington accept 'DC' as it does in all other quizzes?
+2
Level 61
Dec 10, 2025
Kinda wild that some tiny city like Ljubljana makes it but not Moscow or St. Petersburg
+3
Level 89
Dec 10, 2025
The fact that places like Moscow, St Petersburg, Tehran, and Minsk are excluded tells me that this ranking is very political. Their methodology for these rankings is kind of laughable. They rank based on certain economic metrics but also based on the authors' opinions on the cities' "international connectedness". While I don't think the metric is entirely incorrect, this information certainly has significantly devalued it for me.

The craziest part is that cities like Port Louis, Nicosia, and Labuan make it while Moscow is ranked as a "sufficiency city", which is the same level as Des Moines, Iowa. The rest of the cities don't even make that tier and are left entirely off the ranking.

+1
Level 72
Dec 11, 2025
After doing a bit of research for my own curiosity, the study is based out of London which is significant because countries like Iran, Belarus and Russia are disconnected from global trade, sure. But they take in consideration cities that are more connected with the UK first. The three you mentioned all were former British city states, and therefore are ranked higher.

Also GaWC only considers these places purely on an economic, global trading perspective. Culture, history and government hold no merit to the ranking.

Its far from a perfect list if you had a theoretical "Global Cities" accounting for all facets. I still think the list of cities here are very solid, but the rankings hold a lot to be desired. The cities you mentioned are straight up misses, in addition to Vladivostok, and Africa Latin America & SEA with underwhelming representation.

+2
Level 78
Dec 12, 2025
Crazy that a study from London put London as #1 lol. In addition to these misses, I would love to see other cities with huge historical or cultural significance be included as well such as Jerusalem, Mecca, or Baghdad. To me, other notable misses include some major non-Chinese Asian cities. China has 29 cities, compared to the rest of Asia besides the Middle East being given 26 cities. India has the most with only 7 in that group, less than a quarter of China despite both countries being major international centers. Missing Nagoya and other Japanese cities as well as Busan or something else from South Korea also seems shocking, in addition to Yangon, Davao, Bandung, and quite a few others.
+2
Level 72
Dec 10, 2025
Should be Featured.