Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Bujumbura, Burundi 🇧🇮, home to about 332,000 people, and you would surface in the North Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 3.3761° N, 150.6400° W. Like most of the planet, that spot is open ocean; only 66 of the 391 cities listed here have an antipode on land.
| City | Bujumbura, Burundi 🇧🇮 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 3.3761° S, 29.3600° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 3.3761° N, 150.6400° W |
| What is there | North Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Kiribati 🇰🇮 — 748 km (465 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Hilo, United States of America — 1,878 km (1,167 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Bujumbura's antipode is in open water, in the North Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 748 km (465 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Kiribati 🇰🇮.
The closest settlement of any size is Hilo, United States of America, about 1,878 km (1,167 miles) from the point.
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26 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Bujumbura; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (3.3761° S becomes 3.3761° N) and shifting the longitude by 180° (29.3600° E becomes 150.6400° W). More on how antipodes work.
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