The Volcano Next Door
How far you would have to walk to stand on one.
Full standings
distance from the city to the nearest catalogued volcano · 126 cities- 1 🇳🇿 Auckland 6.2 km — Auckland Volcanic Field
- 2 🇵🇹 Funchal 8.3 km — Madeira
- 3 🇹🇼 Taipei 14.1 km — Tatun Volcanic Group
- 4 🇪🇸 Las Palmas 19.8 km — Gran Canaria
- 5 🇨🇷 San José 22.4 km — Barva
- 6 🇮🇹 Rome 23.2 km — Colli Albani
- 7 🇲🇽 Mexico City 32.4 km — Chichinautzin
- 8 🇮🇩 Denpasar–Canggu 41.8 km — Buyan-Bratan
- 9 🇦🇲 Yerevan 43 km — Ghegham Volcanic Ridge
- 10 🇰🇪 Nairobi 53.2 km — Suswa
- 11 🇬🇷 Athens 53.4 km — Methana
- 12 🇨🇦 Vancouver 67.3 km — Garibaldi
- 13 🇨🇱 Santiago 78.9 km — San Jose
- 14 🇯🇵 Tokyo 79.2 km — Hakoneyama
- 15 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 80.7 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 16 🇷🇼 Kigali 83.8 km — Karisimbi
- 17 🇪🇸 Barcelona 92.2 km — Olot Volcanic Field
- 18 🇯🇵 Fukuoka 93.9 km — Unzendake
- 19 🇺🇸 Seattle 94.2 km — Rainier
- 20 🇬🇪 Tbilisi 95.7 km — Samsari Volcanic Center
- 21 🇨🇴 Medellín 118.1 km — Romeral
- 22 🇻🇳 Da Nang 122.9 km — Ly Son Group
- 23 🇲🇽 Guadalajara 130.4 km — Ceboruco
- 24 🇩🇪 Frankfurt 130.8 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 25 🇺🇸 San Francisco 136.4 km — Clear Lake Volcanic Field
- 26 🇧🇧 Bridgetown 170.7 km — Soufriere St. Vincent
- 27 🇳🇱 Eindhoven 171.1 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 28 🇪🇸 Madrid 174.1 km — Calatrava Volcanic Field
- 29 🇧🇪 Brussels 192.4 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 30 🇯🇵 Osaka 199.1 km — Hakusan
- 31 🇲🇹 Valletta 210 km — Etna
- 32 🇦🇺 Melbourne 216.5 km — Newer Volcanics Province
- 33 🇲🇺 Port Louis 221.8 km — Fournaise, Piton de la
- 34 🇰🇷 Busan 237.2 km — Abu
- 35 🇪🇸 Málaga 241.6 km — Calatrava Volcanic Field
- 36 🇨🇭 Geneva 248.8 km — Chaine des Puys
- 37 🇺🇸 Los Angeles 261.2 km — Salton Buttes
- 38 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv 265.1 km — Ash Shaam, Harrat
- 39 🇹🇷 Antalya 266.7 km — Kula
- 40 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City 271 km — Cendres, Ile des
- 41 🇹🇷 Istanbul 273.1 km — Kula
- 42 🇳🇱 Amsterdam 280.4 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 43 🇪🇸 Palma 289.4 km — Olot Volcanic Field
- 44 🇲🇾 George Town 315 km — Singkut
- 45 🇵🇷 San Juan 317.9 km — Saba
- 46 🇪🇸 Valencia 320.9 km — Calatrava Volcanic Field
- 47 🇵🇦 Panama City 332.8 km — Baru
- 48 🇨🇭 Zurich 335.7 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 49 🇨🇾 Nicosia 336.8 km — Hasandag-Keciboyduran Volcanic Complex
- 50 🇬🇷 Thessaloniki 338.1 km — Methana
- 51 🇭🇷 Split 341.8 km — Vesuvius
- 52 🇰🇷 Seoul 343.2 km — Ulleungdo
- 53 🇫🇷 Paris 344.4 km — Chaine des Puys
- 54 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur 352.5 km — Singkut
- 55 🇨🇭 Zug 355.1 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 56 🇮🇹 Turin 375.7 km — Chaine des Puys
- 57 🇨🇾 Limassol 396.3 km — Hasandag-Keciboyduran Volcanic Complex
- 58 🇨🇾 Paphos 404.2 km — Hasandag-Keciboyduran Volcanic Complex
- 59 🇩🇪 Munich 411.2 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 60 🇸🇬 Singapore 418.8 km — Marapi
- 61 🇨🇦 Calgary 430.7 km — Wells Gray-Clearwater
- 62 🇲🇪 Podgorica 440.5 km — Vesuvius
- 63 🇵🇹 Lisbon 444.8 km — Calatrava Volcanic Field
- 64 🇦🇱 Tirana 455.5 km — Vesuvius
- 65 🇹🇭 Chiang Mai 456.7 km — Popa
- 66 🇪🇸 Bilbao 461.8 km — Olot Volcanic Field
- 67 🇵🇹 Porto 465.9 km — Calatrava Volcanic Field
- 68 🇻🇳 Hanoi 473.7 km — Hainan Volcanic Field
- 69 🇮🇹 Milan 484 km — Chaine des Puys
- 70 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 487 km — Hainan Volcanic Field
- 71 🇨🇳 Shenzhen 494.5 km — Hainan Volcanic Field
- 72 🇸🇮 Ljubljana 498.3 km — Colli Albani
- 73 🇬🇧 London 511.7 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 74 🇭🇷 Zagreb 521.2 km — Colli Albani
- 75 🇩🇪 Berlin 525.2 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 76 🇨🇳 Shanghai 532.7 km — Halla
- 77 🇨🇿 Prague 539.5 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 78 🇲🇽 Mérida 551.6 km — Chichon, El
- 79 🇧🇬 Sofia 564.7 km — Methana
- 80 🇨🇳 Hangzhou 585.1 km — Tatun Volcanic Group
- 81 🇷🇸 Belgrade 662.1 km — Vesuvius
- 82 🇷🇴 Bucharest 681 km — Kula
- 83 🇩🇰 Copenhagen 721.7 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 84 🇦🇹 Vienna 725 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 🇵🇱 Wrocław 725 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 85 🇹🇭 Bangkok 738.2 km — Barren Island
- 86 🇸🇰 Bratislava 778.3 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 87 🇭🇺 Budapest 810.2 km — Colli Albani
- 88 🇨🇳 Chengdu 814.8 km — Tengchong
- 89 🇰🇾 George Town 850.8 km — Yojoa, Lago
- 90 🇨🇳 Hefei 852.4 km — Tatun Volcanic Group
- 91 🇺🇸 Austin 864.6 km — Carrizozo
- 92 🇦🇺 Sydney 896.4 km — Newer Volcanics Province
- 93 🇰🇿 Almaty 928.3 km — Ashikule Volcanic Field
- 94 🇵🇱 Kraków 932 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 95 🇮🇪 Dublin 966.1 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 96 🇷🇴 Cluj-Napoca 988.4 km — Vesuvius
- 97 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires 1003 km — Payun Matru
- 98 🇧🇭 Manama 1006 km — Kishb, Harrat
- 99 🇵🇱 Warsaw 1011.2 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 100 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi 1057.3 km — Bir Borhut
- 101 🇶🇦 Doha 1066.9 km — Kishb, Harrat
- 102 🇳🇴 Oslo 1110.9 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 103 🇦🇪 Dubai 1156.7 km — Bir Borhut
- 104 🇦🇪 Ras Al Khaimah 1187.4 km — Damavand
- 105 🇺🇾 Montevideo 1190.3 km — Payun Matru
- 🇴🇲 Muscat 1190.3 km — Bir Borhut
- 106 🇸🇪 Stockholm 1243.7 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 107 🇦🇺 Brisbane 1331.3 km — McBride Volcanic Province
- 108 🇱🇹 Vilnius 1341.8 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 109 🇱🇻 Riga 1360.4 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 110 🇺🇸 Miami 1449.6 km — Yojoa, Lago
- 111 🇫🇮 Turku 1495.6 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 112 🇫🇮 Oulu 1525.2 km — Jan Mayen
- 113 🇪🇪 Tallinn 1533.3 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 114 🇫🇮 Helsinki 1588.7 km — West Eifel Volcanic Field
- 115 🇮🇳 GIFT City 1639 km — Ashikule Volcanic Field
- 116 🇮🇳 Bangalore 1766.2 km — Barren Island
- 117 🇰🇿 Astana 1886 km — Jombolok
- 118 🇧🇷 Florianópolis 1899.2 km — Blanco, Cerro
- 119 🇧🇷 São Paulo 2126.8 km — Cordon de Puntas Negras
- 120 🇿🇦 Cape Town 2166.3 km — Prince Edward Island
- 121 🇨🇦 Toronto 2327.4 km — Dotsero
- 122 🇦🇺 Perth 2505.6 km — Newer Volcanics Province
- 123 🇺🇸 New York 2766.5 km — Saba
- 124 🇨🇦 Montreal 2792.8 km — Dotsero
A ranking of evidence, not of worth — the winner is invited to wear it proudly. Compare any two contenders head-to-head.