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City rankings let you browse the cities you can explore across the atlas and City Detective. Sort by how well-known they are, Daily appearances, or place on the map to find cities worth learning.
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Showing 48 of 1,475 cities by how well-known.
1
Rank
Accra
Greater Accra, Ghana
100/100
Famous / Ghana
2
Rank
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
100/100
Famous / Ethiopia
3
Rank
Algiers
Algeria
100/100
Famous / Algeria
4
Rank
Amman
Jordan
100/100
Famous / Jordan
5
Rank
Amsterdam
North Holland, Netherlands
100/100
Famous / Netherlands
6
Rank
Ankara
Turkey
100/100
Famous / Turkey
7
Rank
Antananarivo
Analamanga, Madagascar
100/100
Famous / Madagascar
8
Rank
Asunción
Asuncion, Paraguay
100/100
Famous / Paraguay
9
Rank
Athens
Attica, Greece
100/100
Famous / Greece
10
Rank
Baghdad
Iraq
100/100
Famous / Iraq
11
Rank
Baku
Baki, Azerbaijan
100/100
Famous / Azerbaijan
12
Rank
Bamako
Mali
100/100
Famous / Mali
13
Rank
Bangkok
Thailand
100/100
Famous / Thailand
14
Rank
Beijing
China
100/100
Famous / China
15
Rank
Beirut
Lebanon
100/100
Famous / Lebanon
16
Rank
Belgrade
Central Serbia, Serbia
100/100
Famous / Serbia
17
Rank
Berlin
State of Berlin, Germany
100/100
Famous / Germany
18
Rank
Bogotá
Bogota D.C., Colombia
100/100
Famous / Colombia
19
Rank
Brasília
Federal District, Brazil
100/100
Famous / Brazil
20
Rank
Brazzaville
Congo
100/100
Famous / Congo
21
Rank
Brussels
Brussels Capital, Belgium
100/100
Famous / Belgium
22
Rank
Bucharest
Romania
100/100
Famous / Romania
23
Rank
Budapest
Hungary
100/100
Famous / Hungary
24
Rank
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina
100/100
Famous / Argentina
25
Rank
Cairo
Egypt
100/100
Famous / Egypt
26
Rank
Cape Town
Western Cape, South Africa
100/100
Famous / South Africa
27
Rank
Caracas
Distrito Federal, Venezuela
100/100
Famous / Venezuela
28
Rank
Conakry
Guinea
100/100
Famous / Guinea
29
Rank
Copenhagen
Capital Region, Denmark
100/100
Famous / Denmark
30
Rank
Dakar
Senegal
100/100
Famous / Senegal
31
Rank
Damascus
Damascus Governorate, Syria
100/100
Famous / Syria
32
Rank
Dhaka
Dhaka Division, Bangladesh
100/100
Famous / Bangladesh
33
Rank
Dublin
Leinster, Ireland
100/100
Famous / Ireland
34
Rank
Guatemala City
Guatemala
100/100
Famous / Guatemala
35
Rank
Hanoi
Vietnam
100/100
Famous / Vietnam
36
Rank
Harare
Zimbabwe
100/100
Famous / Zimbabwe
37
Rank
Havana
Cuba
100/100
Famous / Cuba
38
Rank
Helsinki
Uusimaa, Finland
100/100
Famous / Finland
39
Rank
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
100/100
Famous / Hong Kong
40
Rank
Istanbul
Turkey
100/100
Famous / Turkey
41
Rank
Jakarta
Indonesia
100/100
Famous / Indonesia
42
Rank
Kabul
Afghanistan
100/100
Famous / Afghanistan
43
Rank
Kampala
Central Region, Uganda
100/100
Famous / Uganda
44
Rank
Kathmandu
Bagmati Province, Nepal
100/100
Famous / Nepal
45
Rank
Khartoum
Sudan
100/100
Famous / Sudan
46
Rank
Kinshasa
Congo, Democratic Republic
100/100
Famous / Congo, Democratic Republic
47
Rank
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
100/100
Famous / Malaysia
48
Rank
Kuwait City
Al Asimah, Kuwait
100/100
Famous / Kuwait