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Capital distance quiz
You know the cities. But which one is closer? Build a feel for distance by comparing capitals around the world.
Try Which is closer?3 fixed questions · Free · No account needed
How the capital distance game works
A question gives you a starting capital and two possible destinations. Choose the destination closer to the starting city. After answering, compare the distances shown for both routes.
- Find the starting city, then read both destination names.
- Choose the closer destination using the map and what you know about the region.
- Check both distances and notice the size of the gap.
Distance around a globe
The game measures the shortest surface distance around a spherical Earth from one capital’s coordinates to another’s. These are often called great-circle distances. They are not road distances, scheduled flight routes or journey times.
On many flat world maps, a shortest route can look curved. Cities near opposite edges of a map can also be close across the date line. It helps to imagine the map wrapping around a globe rather than stopping at the edge.
A useful way to estimate
First place the cities in their continents and regions. A nearby country is a useful starting clue, but borders alone do not determine the answer: a capital may sit far from the part of its country you are thinking about.
Latitude matters too. Lines of longitude converge toward the poles, so the same change in longitude does not represent the same distance at every latitude. Let the revealed distances correct your mental map after each question.
Free preview and full Challenge pack
Try three fixed questions in this browser, with no account or timer. The mixed sampler combines them with country comparisons, photo clues and compass questions. The full mobile Challenge pack adds more questions and difficulty levels; harder distance questions have a smaller gap between the two routes.
Keep practicing
Learning a city’s country and position makes distance comparisons much easier.
Geography facts, city coordinates and photographs follow the sources and snapshots on our credits page. This is a short browser preview; the full question pool and difficulty settings belong to the mobile Challenge pack.