This website shows you which cities are the furthest away from other major cities. For instance, the furthest city from Toronto is Perth (which is true for dozens of cities worldwide).
So, Vancouver?
| Vancouver (BC), Canada | Umlazi, South Africa | 16,948 |
If you’re a stickler for detail, then here it is:
Furthest Cities (Population 100k+)
| City | Distance, km |
|---|---|
| Umlazi, South Africa | 16,948 |
| Durban, South Africa | 16,948 |
| Port Elizabeth, South Africa | 16,934 |
| Toliara, Madagascar | 16,907 |
| Pietermaritzburg, South Africa | 16,886 |
Furthest Cities (Population 1,000,000+)
| City | Distance, km |
|---|---|
| Antananarivo, Madagascar | 16,536 |
| Harare, Zimbabwe | 15,822 |
| Lusaka, Zambia | 15,447 |
| Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 15,040 |
| Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | 15,020 |
My mother used to watch me dig holes and tell me that if I kept digging I would go all the way to China. I am disappointed to learn that it would have been Madagascar. I am even more disappointed to realize that half the way I would have been digging uphill. Sigh. At least I got to go to China the old fashioned way, by flying.
Fascinating website, but not quite accurate: the distance between Vancouver and Cape Town, South Africa is 16,444 km and Cape Town has more than 1 million inhabitants, so it is further than all those +1 million cities listed except for Antananarivo, Madagascar. Which makes you wonder how accurate these lists are anyway…
Regardless, I can tell you from exhaustive personal experience that flying between Cape Town and Vancouver is just about as far as you can fly, as it’s literally traveling half way around the globe.