The map above shows the nearest major US city to Europe, Asia, Africa & Australia.
- Boston is the closet major city to all of Europe, the Middle East and almost all of Africa.
- Seattle is the closest city to the Asian part of Russia, Eastern China, Mongolia and Northern India.
- Honolulu is the closest to most of China, Southeast Asia, Korea, Japan and Australia.
- Miami is the closest to islands in the South Atlantic Ocean and the very Southern tip of South Africa.
Major US city was defined as one of:
… the 100 largest metros (since municipal populations are so variable, and often give no indication of the actual “majorness” of a city; for example the municipality of Jacksonville, Florida, is larger than the municipality of San Francisco, while San Francisco is obviously a far larger metro and more “major” city).
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Rufus says
Bangalore seems sort of equidistant to Boston, Seattle and Honolulu!! Wow!!!
DUH says
lame – show the miles idiots
Carl S says
Seattle closest to “Eastern China.” I think they mean “Western China.”
MrNoodleBrain says
Look at the map, moron. Eastern is correct.
Meat dumpster says
China isn’t even on this map. It just had Boston, Miami, Seatle and Honolulu. Whose the dummy now?
Dae says
Manchester NH (closer to Europe than Boston) and Anchorage AK (closed to Asia than Seattle): am I a joke to you
bif says
YOU look at the map, moron. It clearly shows western China is closest to Seattle.