🧭 The Perth Meridian

All cities, measured by their distance from the centre of the world.

Perth is routinely described as the most isolated major city on Earth. The Bureau rejects this framing. Under the Perth Meridian, Perth sits at the centre of the world, at exactly 0 km, and every other city is ranked by how far it has unfortunately drifted.

1. 1 🇦🇺 Perth the centre
2. 2 🇮🇩 Denpasar–Canggu 2,592 km adrift
3. 3 🇦🇺 Melbourne 2,721 km adrift
4. 4 🇦🇺 Sydney 3,290 km adrift
5. 5 🇦🇺 Brisbane 3,606 km adrift
6. 6 🇸🇬 Singapore 3,907 km adrift
7. 7 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur 4,180 km adrift
8. 8 🇲🇾 George Town 4,468 km adrift
9. 9 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City 4,857 km adrift
10. 10 🇹🇭 Bangkok 5,339 km adrift
11. 11 🇳🇿 Auckland 5,346 km adrift
12. 12 🇻🇳 Da Nang 5,401 km adrift
13. 13 🇲🇺 Port Louis 5,906 km adrift
14. 14 🇹🇭 Chiang Mai 5,922 km adrift
15. 15 🇻🇳 Hanoi 5,987 km adrift
16. 16 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 6,033 km adrift
17. 17 🇨🇳 Shenzhen 6,063 km adrift
18. 18 🇹🇼 Taipei 6,367 km adrift
19. 19 🇮🇳 Bangalore 6,446 km adrift
20. 20 🇨🇳 Hangzhou 6,936 km adrift
21. 21 🇨🇳 Shanghai 7,049 km adrift
22. 22 🇨🇳 Chengdu 7,073 km adrift
23. 23 🇨🇳 Hefei 7,098 km adrift
24. 24 🇯🇵 Fukuoka 7,447 km adrift
25. 25 🇰🇷 Busan 7,582 km adrift
26. 26 🇮🇳 GIFT City 7,661 km adrift
27. 27 🇯🇵 Osaka 7,690 km adrift
28. 28 🇰🇷 Seoul 7,816 km adrift
29. 29 🇯🇵 Tokyo 7,921 km adrift
30. 30 🇴🇲 Muscat 8,682 km adrift
31. 31 🇿🇦 Cape Town 8,697 km adrift
32. 32 🇰🇪 Nairobi 8,899 km adrift
33. 33 🇦🇪 Dubai 9,026 km adrift
34. 34 🇦🇪 Ras Al Khaimah 9,031 km adrift
35. 35 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi 9,049 km adrift
36. 36 🇰🇿 Almaty 9,254 km adrift
37. 37 🇶🇦 Doha 9,329 km adrift
38. 38 🇧🇭 Manama 9,469 km adrift
39. 39 🇷🇼 Kigali 9,497 km adrift
40. 40 🇰🇿 Astana 10,214 km adrift
41. 41 🇦🇲 Yerevan 10,864 km adrift
42. 42 🇬🇪 Tbilisi 10,941 km adrift
43. 43 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv 11,093 km adrift
44. 44 🇨🇾 Limassol 11,381 km adrift
45. 45 🇨🇾 Nicosia 11,384 km adrift
46. 46 🇨🇾 Paphos 11,435 km adrift
47. 47 🇹🇷 Antalya 11,687 km adrift
48. 48 🇹🇷 Istanbul 12,034 km adrift
49. 49 🇬🇷 Athens 12,290 km adrift
50. 50 🇷🇴 Bucharest 12,408 km adrift
51. 51 🇬🇷 Thessaloniki 12,475 km adrift
52. 52 🇺🇾 Montevideo 12,535 km adrift
53. 53 🇧🇬 Sofia 12,536 km adrift
54. 54 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires 12,589 km adrift
55. 55 🇷🇴 Cluj-Napoca 12,689 km adrift
56. 56 🇨🇱 Santiago 12,710 km adrift
57. 57 🇦🇱 Tirana 12,745 km adrift
58. 58 🇲🇪 Podgorica 12,833 km adrift
59. 59 🇷🇸 Belgrade 12,836 km adrift
60. 60 🇱🇹 Vilnius 12,888 km adrift
61. 61 🇲🇹 Valletta 12,950 km adrift
62. 62 🇱🇻 Riga 13,037 km adrift
63. 63 🇭🇺 Budapest 13,040 km adrift
64. 64 🇵🇱 Kraków 13,067 km adrift
65. 65 🇵🇱 Warsaw 13,069 km adrift
66. 66 🇪🇪 Tallinn 13,082 km adrift
67. 67 🇭🇷 Split 13,089 km adrift
68. 68 🇫🇮 Helsinki 13,095 km adrift
69. 69 🇧🇷 Florianópolis 13,191 km adrift
70. 70 🇸🇰 Bratislava 13,200 km adrift
71. 71 🇭🇷 Zagreb 13,204 km adrift
72. 72 🇫🇮 Oulu 13,213 km adrift
73. 73 🇫🇮 Turku 13,245 km adrift
74. 74 🇦🇹 Vienna 13,254 km adrift
75. 75 🇵🇱 Wrocław 13,297 km adrift
76. 76 🇸🇮 Ljubljana 13,321 km adrift
77. 77 🇮🇹 Rome 13,338 km adrift
78. 78 🇨🇿 Prague 13,446 km adrift
79. 🇸🇪 Stockholm 13,446 km adrift
80. 79 🇧🇷 São Paulo 13,569 km adrift
81. 80 🇩🇪 Berlin 13,576 km adrift
82. 81 🇩🇪 Munich 13,595 km adrift
83. 82 🇩🇰 Copenhagen 13,696 km adrift
84. 83 🇮🇹 Milan 13,702 km adrift
85. 84 🇨🇭 Zug 13,795 km adrift
86. 85 🇨🇭 Zurich 13,797 km adrift
87. 86 🇮🇹 Turin 13,807 km adrift
88. 87 🇩🇪 Frankfurt 13,847 km adrift
89. 88 🇳🇴 Oslo 13,862 km adrift
90. 89 🇨🇭 Geneva 13,950 km adrift
91. 90 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 14,018 km adrift
92. 91 🇪🇸 Palma 14,067 km adrift
93. 92 🇳🇱 Eindhoven 14,092 km adrift
94. 93 🇳🇱 Amsterdam 14,144 km adrift
95. 94 🇪🇸 Barcelona 14,154 km adrift
96. 95 🇧🇪 Brussels 14,162 km adrift
97. 96 🇫🇷 Paris 14,278 km adrift
98. 97 🇪🇸 Valencia 14,317 km adrift
99. 98 🇬🇧 London 14,479 km adrift
100. 99 🇪🇸 Málaga 14,595 km adrift
101. 100 🇪🇸 Bilbao 14,602 km adrift
102. 101 🇪🇸 Madrid 14,616 km adrift
103. 102 🇺🇸 San Francisco 14,744 km adrift
104. 103 🇨🇦 Vancouver 14,827 km adrift
105. 104 🇺🇸 Seattle 14,880 km adrift
106. 105 🇮🇪 Dublin 14,893 km adrift
107. 106 🇺🇸 Los Angeles 15,024 km adrift
108. 107 🇵🇹 Porto 15,036 km adrift
109. 108 🇵🇹 Lisbon 15,045 km adrift
110. 109 🇪🇸 Las Palmas 15,344 km adrift
111. 110 🇨🇦 Calgary 15,457 km adrift
112. 111 🇵🇹 Funchal 15,615 km adrift
113. 112 🇲🇽 Guadalajara 15,936 km adrift
114. 113 🇲🇽 Mexico City 16,264 km adrift
115. 114 🇨🇷 San José 16,821 km adrift
116. 115 🇺🇸 Austin 16,823 km adrift
117. 116 🇨🇴 Medellín 16,920 km adrift
118. 117 🇵🇦 Panama City 17,010 km adrift
119. 118 🇲🇽 Mérida 17,209 km adrift
120. 119 🇰🇾 George Town 17,791 km adrift
121. 120 🇧🇧 Bridgetown 17,870 km adrift
122. 121 🇨🇦 Toronto 18,149 km adrift
123. 122 🇨🇦 Montreal 18,302 km adrift
124. 123 🇺🇸 Miami 18,310 km adrift
125. 124 🇵🇷 San Juan 18,503 km adrift
126. 125 🇺🇸 New York 18,701 km adrift

A ranking of evidence, not of worth — the winner is invited to wear it proudly. Compare any two contenders head-to-head.