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Five Most Guessed Cities by Continent

Can you name the five most well-known cities on each continent?
Based on these quizzes: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania
As of 14 December 2023
Quiz by relessness
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Last updated: December 14, 2023
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First submittedOctober 5, 2017
Times taken98,829
Average score76.7%
Rating4.97
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North America
96
New York City
92
Los Angeles
87
Mexico City
84
Chicago
80
Miami
 
 
South America
85
Rio de Janeiro
79
Buenos Aires
78
São Paulo
73
Lima
72
Bogotá
Europe
98
London
98
Paris
95
Berlin
95
Madrid
94
Moscow
 
 
Africa
98
Cairo
95
Johannesburg
92
Cape Town
92
Lagos
86
Nairobi
Asia
98
Tokyo
94
Beijing
92
Delhi
91
Shanghai
87
Mumbai
 
 
Oceania
99
Sydney
97
Melbourne
96
Perth
95
Auckland
95
Wellington
80 Comments
+11
Level 70
Oct 5, 2017
Good quiz, although I forgot a couple of cities I should have thought of.
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Level 78
Dec 24, 2017
I am surprised because there is no Pretoria.
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Level 77
Jan 3, 2018
Pretoria is considered part of the Johannesburg urban area, so it appears along with Johannesburg as a single answer in the Biggest Cities in Africa quiz. Pretoria works as a type-in there though, so maybe it should work here too?
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Level 66
Apr 15, 2018
I second this.
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Level 66
Dec 24, 2017
Happy Christmas Eve!
+14
Level 74
Apr 17, 2018
Happy USA Income Tax Day, and more importantly, Happy Ford Mustang Day! (Born on this date in 1964.)
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Level 89
Nov 21, 2019
One more shopping day left until JFK Day.
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Level 69
Apr 30, 2020
Happy 217th anniversary since the Louisiana Purchase, and Nicaragua Independence Day!
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Level 60
Nov 3, 2020
Happy Election Day!
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Level 68
Oct 22, 2021
Happy not election day!
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Level 46
Nov 26, 2021
Happy Black Friday!
+10
Level 91
Jan 14, 2022
Happy Makar Sankranti!
+2
Level 73
Jan 14, 2022
Happy Take a Missionary to Lunch Day!
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Level 53
Nov 24, 2022
Happy Thanksgiving!
+2
Level 78
Jun 1, 2023
Happy Pride Month!
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Level 39
Jan 23, 2024
happy first philippine republic day!
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Level 54
Jan 26, 2024
Happy In 365 days is Opposite Day Day
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Level 58
Mar 7, 2024
happy international women's day
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Level 51
Jul 5, 2024
Happy...International bikini day?
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Level 66
Dec 24, 2017
Pretoria is within a few miles of Johannesburg, and Johannesburg is a lot more popular than Pretoria, so Pretoria doesn't get a lot of attention.
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Level 86
Dec 26, 2017
Curious what your rationale behind the color selection for each continent was, or was it random. I don't actually disagree with them for some reason.
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Level 64
Jan 2, 2018
I would have udes the olympics colours
+14
Level 87
Jan 2, 2018
Except there are only 5 olympic rings and 6 continents.
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Level 48
Jan 14, 2022
And Antarctica, represented by the white background :)
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Level 61
Jan 16, 2022
Haha in my brain the Olympics always had 7 rings – one per continent.
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Level 73
May 12, 2023
Yup, they seem the standard colours for each continent, by and large. Interesting how that somehow has transpired.
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Level 66
Apr 15, 2018
Would have expected Seoul, Singapore, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Tehran and Riyadh before Mumbai.
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Level 44
Apr 15, 2018
same, and dubai and jerusalem.
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Level 72
Aug 18, 2019
tehran and riyadh no, the others maybe
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Level 60
Jan 14, 2022
hmm, since that time Jakarta made the list while Mumbai vanished.

I'm still surprised not to see Seoul or Hong Kong.

I think, what cities come to your mind depends a lot of where you live.

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Level 34
Apr 15, 2018
Try my quizes! :D
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Level 34
Apr 15, 2018
omg reported
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Level 43
Aug 15, 2021
Why?
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Level 58
Apr 15, 2018
Hey, can I ask Pretoria be accepted as a type-in for Johannesburg as they're both in the same metropolitan area and are frequently put together in African city quizzes? Thanks
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Level 67
Apr 16, 2018
I find it funny that the same amount of people get Auckland and Beijing, as one city is much more important than the other.
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Level 72
Aug 18, 2019
which?
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Level 51
Feb 27, 2021
Tokyo
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Level 68
Jan 14, 2022
Auckland, obviously.
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Level 83
Apr 17, 2018
Wellington higher than Auckland? Hmmm
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Level 64
Apr 17, 2018
As an Australian, I have to ask: Perth? Really???
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Level 73
Jun 16, 2018
Why not?
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Level 85
Jun 6, 2019
I guess maybe it's just easy to remember being out there on its own.
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Level 60
Apr 7, 2020
It's the third largest city, right?
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Level 69
Apr 30, 2020
Brisbane is the third largest city, but since Perth is so far from the hub of Australia, it sticks out.
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Level 82
Jan 9, 2022
Yeah, I've noticed since I've been on this site that Perth seems to get a lot more attention than Brisbane, despite Brisbane being larger. And not only is Brisbane larger, it's the anchor of a much larger metropolitan area and the capital of a much more populous state. It really must be Perth's isolation that just draws attention to it on a map.

For the record, citypopulation.de (Jetpunk's standard go to for metro populations) lists Brisbane as 3,225,000 and Perth as 2,075,000. Brisbane's figure includes around 750,000 in Gold Coast, which in Australia is usually considered a separate metro area, but in practice the two do join.

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Level 61
Jan 16, 2022
Yeah I wasn't sure if it was just me but I always missed Brisbane on 500 Cities, but none of the others.
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Level 73
Jan 14, 2022
It is quick to type if people are guessing
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Level 16
Apr 18, 2018
I forgot tokyo :(
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Level 72
Aug 18, 2019
I missed mumbai and sao paolo.
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Level 57
Jul 16, 2021
Sir/Maam...It's Sao Paulo
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Level 71
Jan 14, 2022
If you want to get really technical, it's São Paulo.
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Level 78
Feb 13, 2020
29/30 missed Nairobi because I thought I already tried it
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Level 55
Apr 14, 2020
I'm surprised Nairobi is on the list, I would have expected Kinshasa or Rabat...
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Level 78
Jan 10, 2022
Rabat isn't large enough for the quiz.
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Level 61
Jan 16, 2022
... or Casablanca / Fez
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Level 31
May 3, 2020
More people guessed Rio, Los Angeles, and NYC on this quiz than on the original ones!
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Level 46
Sep 19, 2020
Only missed Nairobi
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Level 74
Jan 7, 2022
The data on this quiz looks wrong

Cairo 99% guessed

Wellington 96% guessed

New York City 96% guessed

Los Angeles 93% guessed

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Level 82
Jan 9, 2022
Really surprised Jakarta beats out Hong Kong, Singapore, and Seoul. Not because it's not significant - it certain is - but because Indonesia in general really doesn't seem to feature much on this site, despite its huge size.
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Level 76
Jan 9, 2022
The link to the Asia quiz is incorrect.
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Level ∞
Jan 10, 2022
Looks fine to me.
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Level 32
Jan 14, 2022
where is Istanbul?! im sure that jakarta is less known city than Istanbul.
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Level 54
Jan 23, 2024
Istanbul is in Europe
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Level 51
Jul 5, 2024
It's in Europe and Asia
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Level 32
Jan 14, 2022
nice quiz
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Level 41
Jan 14, 2022
Surprised Rome isn't on here!
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Level 18
Jan 15, 2022
happy.... Ummm, idk
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Level 55
Mar 26, 2022
WHY DO I ALWAYS FORGET THE CAPITAL OF KENYA???
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Level 18
May 4, 2023
Where is Addis Ababa???
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Level 78
Jun 1, 2023
Somewhere being guessed by less than 88% of quiz-takers.
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Level 69
Jul 7, 2023
I'm very surprised to see Jakarta here. Even though it's absolutely huge, it's not that very well known by Westerners (which make a good percentage of the quiz takers on this site). Aussies might know it though. But I still expected Bangkok, Jerusalem, Dubai or another Indian city above it.
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Level ∞
Dec 14, 2023
Mumbai has now eclipsed it.
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Level 65
Oct 14, 2023
It would be better if you didn't have to guess in continental order, but could skip ahead if you don't know all from a specific continent.
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Level 44
Jan 23, 2024
Many people having watched Money Heist (la casa de papel) is probably the reason for most of these
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Level 82
Jan 23, 2024
lol what
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Level 21
Jan 23, 2024
why is there no rome?
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Level 21
Jan 23, 2024
also where is San Fransico and Washington. they have to be more well known then Mexico city.
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Level 57
Jan 25, 2024
Can you please make the time longer? I nearly ran out of time.
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Level 44
Mar 12, 2024
I cooked.
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Level 47
Apr 20, 2024
missed melbourne

who cares about a fake country anyways