World cities of 15,000+ people: lookup, search, nearby, largest, time zones, distance and comparison from GeoNames.
payments ON MAINNET (real money) · 8 live endpoints
| Endpoint | Price | What it answers |
|---|---|---|
GET /cities-near-point | $0.02 | Nearest world cities to a latitude and longitude within a radius, with distance and compass bearing. |
GET /city-compare | $0.03 | Compare two world cities side by side: population ratio, distance, latitude, elevation and time difference now. |
GET /city-distance | $0.02 | Great-circle distance in km, miles and nautical miles plus bearing between two cities, resolved by name. |
GET /city-lookup | $0.02 | Find a world city by name and optional country; ranked by population with coordinates, time zone and elevation. |
GET /city-search | $0.02 | Search world cities by name prefix, word or small misspelling; optional country and minimum population; capped at 50. |
GET /city-timezone | $0.02 | Time zone id for a city with UTC offset at a moment, daylight saving flag, local time and next offset change. |
GET /country-cities-summary | $0.02 | Country summary of listed cities: count, total population, largest, northernmost, southernmost, capital, time zones. |
GET /largest-cities | $0.02 | Largest cities by population, worldwide or within one country or first-level division such as a US state. |
GET /catalog returns this list as JSON. Activity hub · uptime.
City data from GeoNames (geonames.org), licensed CC BY 4.0, provided as is and crowd-edited; populations and coordinates may be dated or wrong. Only places of 15,000 or more people are included. Distances are great-circle estimates; UTC offsets use the runtime's time zone database and can lag legal changes. Not for navigation, legal time or compliance decisions. Every paid response carries a disclaimer field.