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| Rank | City Name | State Province | Country | Class. | Score | Sub Region |
| 1 | London | United Kingdom | 1 NEXUS | 60 | EURO CONT | |
| 2 | New York | New York | United States | 1 NEXUS | 59 | USA |
| 3 | Tokyo | Tokyo | Japan | 1 NEXUS | 56 | JAPAN |
| 4 | San Francisco - San Jose | California | United States | 1 NEXUS | 56 | USA |
| 5 | Boston | Massachusetts | United States | 1 NEXUS | 56 | USA |
| 6 | Los Angeles | California | United States | 1 NEXUS | 55 | USA |
| 7 | Singapore | Singapore | Singapore | 1 NEXUS | 54 | ASIA PAC |
| 8 | Toronto | Ontario | Canada | 1 NEXUS | 54 | CANADA |
| 9 | Paris | Île-de-France | France | 1 NEXUS | 54 | EURO CONT |
| 10 | Vienna | Vienna | Austria | 1 NEXUS | 53 | EURO CONT |
| 11 | Seoul | Seoul | South Korea | 1 NEXUS | 53 | ASIA PAC |
| 12 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 1 NEXUS | 53 | EURO CONT | |
| 13 | Barcelona | Spain | 1 NEXUS | 53 | EURO CONT | |
| 14 | Sydney | NSW | Australia | 1 NEXUS | 53 | ANZ |
| 15 | Munich | Germany | 1 NEXUS | 53 | EURO CONT | |
| 16 | Dallas-Fort Worth | Texas | United States | 1 NEXUS | 52 | USA |
| 17 | Berlin | Germany | 1 NEXUS | 52 | EURO CONT | |
| 18 | Atlanta | Georgia | United States | 1 NEXUS | 51 | USA |
| 19 | Montréal | Quebec | Canada | 1 NEXUS | 51 | CANADA |
| 20 | Chicago | Illinois | United States | 1 NEXUS | 51 | USA |
| 21 | Seattle | Washington | United States | 1 NEXUS | 51 | USA |
| 22 | Houston | Texas | United States | 1 NEXUS | 50 | USA |
| 23 | Madrid | Spain | 1 NEXUS | 50 | EURO CONT | |
| 24 | Vancouver | British Columbia | Canada | 1 NEXUS | 50 | CANADA |
| 25 | Melbourne | VIC | Australia | 1 NEXUS | 50 | ANZ |
| 26 | Miami | Florida | United States | 1 NEXUS | 50 | USA |
| 27 | Washington DC | District of Columbia | United States | 1 NEXUS | 50 | USA |
| 28 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 1 NEXUS | 49 | MID-EAST | |
| 29 | Milan | Italy | 1 NEXUS | 49 | EURO CONT | |
| 30 | Beijing | Beijing | China | 1 NEXUS | 49 | CHINA |
| 31 | Stockholm | Sweden | 1 NEXUS | 49 | EURO CONT | |
| 32 | Shanghai | Shanghai | China | 1 NEXUS | 49 | CHINA |
| 33 | Copenhagen | Denmark | 1 NEXUS | 49 | EURO CONT | |
| 34 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | United States | 1 NEXUS | 49 | USA |
| 35 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | China | 1 NEXUS | 48 | CHINA |
| 36 | San Diego | California | United States | 1 NEXUS | 48 | USA |
| 37 | Tel Aviv | Israel | 1 NEXUS | 47 | MID-EAST | |
| 38 | Stuttgart | Germany | 1 NEXUS | 47 | EURO CONT | |
| 39 | Oslo | Norway | 1 NEXUS | 47 | EURO CONT | |
| 40 | Hamburg | Germany | 1 NEXUS | 47 | EURO CONT | |
| 41 | Frankfurt | Germany | 1 NEXUS | 47 | EURO CONT | |
| 42 | Denver | Colorado | United States | 1 NEXUS | 47 | USA |
| 43 | Moscow | Moscow | Russia | 1 NEXUS | 47 | RUSSIA |
| 44 | Lyon | Rhône-Alpes | France | 1 NEXUS | 46 | EURO CONT |
| 45 | Manchester | United Kingdom | 1 NEXUS | 46 | EURO CONT | |
| 46 | Helsinki | Finland | 1 NEXUS | 46 | EURO CONT | |
| 47 | Austin | Texas | United States | 1 NEXUS | 46 | USA |
| 48 | Portland | Oregon | United States | 1 NEXUS | 46 | USA |
| 49 | Dublin | Ireland | 1 NEXUS | 46 | EURO CONT | |
| 50 | Osaka | Osaka (excludes Kobe) | Japan | 1 NEXUS | 46 | JAPAN |
| 51 | Rome | Italy | 1 NEXUS | 46 | EURO CONT | |
| 52 | Zürich | Switzerland | 1 NEXUS | 46 | EURO CONT | |
| 53 | Prague | Central Bohemian Region | Czech Republic | 1 NEXUS | 46 | EURO CONT |
| 54 | Leipzig | Germany | 2 HUB | 45 | EURO CONT | |
| 55 | Oakland | California | United States | 2 HUB | 45 | USA |
| 56 | Cologne | Germany | 2 HUB | 45 | EURO CONT | |
| 57 | Québec | Quebec | Canada | 2 HUB | 45 | CANADA |
| 58 | Raleigh-Durham | North Carolina | United States | 2 HUB | 45 | USA |
| 59 | Brisbane | QLD | Australia | 2 HUB | 45 | ANZ |
| 60 | Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 2 HUB | 45 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 61 | Orlando | Florida | United States | 2 HUB | 45 | USA |
| 62 | Düsseldorf | Germany | 2 HUB | 45 | EURO CONT | |
| 63 | Phoenix | Arizona | United States | 2 HUB | 45 | USA |
| 64 | Brussels | Brussels | Belgium | 2 HUB | 45 | EURO CONT |
| 65 | Baltimore | Maryland | United States | 2 HUB | 45 | USA |
| 66 | Las Vegas | Nevada | United States | 2 HUB | 45 | USA |
| 67 | Minneapolis-St Paul | Minnesota | United States | 2 HUB | 44 | USA |
| 68 | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 2 HUB | 44 | MID-EAST | |
| 69 | Shenzhen | Guangdong | China | 2 HUB | 44 | CHINA |
| 70 | Kyoto | Kyoto | Japan | 2 HUB | 44 | JAPAN |
| 71 | Budapest | Hungary | 2 HUB | 44 | EURO CONT | |
| 72 | Taipei | Taiwan | Taiwan | 2 HUB | 44 | CHINA |
| 73 | Lisbon | Portugal | 2 HUB | 44 | EURO CONT | |
| 74 | Athens | Greece | 2 HUB | 44 | EURO CONT | |
| 75 | St Petersburg | St Petersburg | Russia | 2 HUB | 44 | RUSSIA |
| 76 | São Paulo | São Paulo | Brazil | 2 HUB | 44 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 77 | Detroit | Michigan | United States | 2 HUB | 44 | USA |
| 78 | Busan | South Korea | 2 HUB | 44 | ASIA PAC | |
| 79 | The Hague | Netherlands | 2 HUB | 44 | EURO CONT | |
| 80 | Sacramento | California | United States | 2 HUB | 44 | USA |
| 81 | Istanbul | Turkey | 2 HUB | 44 | MID-EAST | |
| 82 | Perth | WA | Australia | 2 HUB | 44 | ANZ |
| 83 | Calgary | Alberta | Canada | 2 HUB | 43 | CANADA |
| 84 | Mexico City | Mexico City | Mexico | 2 HUB | 43 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 85 | Salt Lake City | Utah | United States | 2 HUB | 43 | USA |
| 86 | Kansas City | KS/MO | United States | 2 HUB | 43 | USA |
| 87 | Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 2 HUB | 43 | EURO CONT | |
| 88 | Warsaw | Poland | 2 HUB | 43 | EURO CONT | |
| 89 | Auckland | Greater Auckland | New Zealand | 2 HUB | 43 | ANZ |
| 90 | Mumbai | Maharashtra | India | 2 HUB | 43 | INDIA |
| 91 | Albuquerque | New Mexico | United States | 2 HUB | 43 | USA |
| 92 | Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 2 HUB | 43 | ASIA PAC |
| 93 | Glasgow | United Kingdom | 2 HUB | 43 | EURO CONT | |
| 94 | Boulder | Colorado | United States | 2 HUB | 43 | USA |
| 95 | San Antonio | Texas | United States | 2 HUB | 43 | USA |
| 96 | Providence | Rhode Island | United States | 2 HUB | 43 | USA |
| 97 | Guangzhou | Guangdong | China | 2 HUB | 43 | CHINA |
| 98 | Riverside | California | United States | 2 HUB | 43 | USA |
| 99 | Tampa | Florida | United States | 2 HUB | 43 | USA |
| 100 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | United States | 2 HUB | 43 | USA |
| 101 | Richmond | Virginia | United States | 2 HUB | 43 | USA |
| 102 | Indianapolis | Indiana | United States | 2 HUB | 43 | USA |
| 103 | Karlsruhe | Germany | 2 HUB | 43 | EURO CONT | |
| 104 | Santa Ana-Anaheim | California | United States | 2 HUB | 43 | USA |
| 105 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 2 HUB | 43 | EURO CONT | |
| 106 | Bilbao | Spain | 2 HUB | 42 | EURO CONT | |
| 107 | Newark | New Jersey | United States | 2 HUB | 42 | USA |
| 108 | Wellington | Wellington | New Zealand | 2 HUB | 42 | ANZ |
| 109 | Geneva | Switzerland | 2 HUB | 42 | EURO CONT | |
| 110 | Hannover | Germany | 2 HUB | 42 | EURO CONT | |
| 111 | Mannheim-Heidelberg | Germany | 2 HUB | 42 | EURO CONT | |
| 112 | Toulouse | Midi-Pyrénées | France | 2 HUB | 42 | EURO CONT |
| 113 | Bristol | United Kingdom | 2 HUB | 42 | EURO CONT | |
| 114 | Marseille | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | France | 2 HUB | 42 | EURO CONT |
| 115 | Dresden | Germany | 2 HUB | 42 | EURO CONT | |
| 116 | Tallahassee | Florida | United States | 2 HUB | 42 | USA |
| 117 | Incheon | South Korea | 2 HUB | 42 | ASIA PAC | |
| 118 | Bangkok | Bangkok | Thailand | 2 HUB | 42 | ASIA PAC |
| 119 | Nagoya | Aichi | Japan | 2 HUB | 42 | JAPAN |
| 120 | Cape Town | Western Cape | South Africa | 2 HUB | 42 | AFRICA |
| 121 | Louisville | Kentucky | United States | 2 HUB | 42 | USA |
| 122 | Nashville | Tennessee | United States | 2 HUB | 42 | USA |
| 123 | Eindhoven | Netherlands | 2 HUB | 42 | EURO CONT | |
| 124 | Cincinnati | Ohio | United States | 2 HUB | 42 | USA |
| 125 | Nice | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | France | 2 HUB | 42 | EURO CONT |
| 126 | Memphis | Tennessee | United States | 2 HUB | 42 | USA |
| 127 | Edmonton | Alberta | Canada | 2 HUB | 42 | CANADA |
| 128 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | United States | 2 HUB | 42 | USA |
| 129 | St Louis | Missouri | United States | 2 HUB | 42 | USA |
| 130 | Rio De Janeiro | Rio De Janeiro | Brazil | 2 HUB | 42 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 131 | Ottawa | Ontario | Canada | 2 HUB | 42 | CANADA |
| 132 | Essen | Germany | 2 HUB | 42 | EURO CONT | |
| 133 | Cleveland | Ohio | United States | 2 HUB | 42 | USA |
| 134 | Dortmund | Germany | 2 HUB | 42 | EURO CONT | |
| 135 | Charlotte | North Carolina | United States | 2 HUB | 42 | USA |
| 136 | Fort Lauderdale | Florida | United States | 2 HUB | 42 | USA |
| 137 | Bordeaux | Aquitaine | France | 2 HUB | 41 | EURO CONT |
| 138 | Oporto | Portugal | 2 HUB | 41 | EURO CONT | |
| 139 | Buffalo | New York | United States | 2 HUB | 41 | USA |
| 140 | Honolulu | Hawaii | United States | 2 HUB | 41 | USA |
| 141 | Hartford | Connecticut | United States | 2 HUB | 41 | USA |
| 142 | Medellin | Antioquia | Colombia | 2 HUB | 41 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 143 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | United States | 2 HUB | 41 | USA |
| 144 | Torino | Italy | 2 HUB | 41 | EURO CONT | |
| 145 | Aachen | North Rhine-Westphalia | Germany | 2 HUB | 41 | EURO CONT |
| 146 | Basel | Switzerland | 2 HUB | 41 | EURO CONT | |
| 147 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 2 HUB | 41 | EURO CONT | |
| 148 | Nantes | Pays de la Loire | France | 2 HUB | 41 | EURO CONT |
| 149 | Strasbourg | Alsace | France | 2 HUB | 41 | EURO CONT |
| 150 | New Orleans | Louisiana | United States | 2 HUB | 41 | USA |
| 151 | Liverpool | United Kingdom | 2 HUB | 41 | EURO CONT | |
| 152 | Birmingham | West Midlands | United Kingdom | 2 HUB | 41 | EURO CONT |
| 153 | Graz | Styria | Austria | 2 HUB | 41 | EURO CONT |
| 154 | Yokohama | Kanagawa | Japan | 2 HUB | 41 | JAPAN |
| 155 | Rochester | New York | United States | 2 HUB | 41 | USA |
| 156 | Fukuoka | Fukuoka Prefecture | Japan | 2 HUB | 41 | JAPAN |
| 157 | Bonn | Germany | 2 HUB | 41 | EURO CONT | |
| 158 | Belfast | United Kingdom | 2 HUB | 41 | EURO CONT | |
| 159 | Nuremberg | Germany | 2 HUB | 41 | EURO CONT | |
| 160 | Sapporo | Hokkaido | Japan | 2 HUB | 41 | JAPAN |
| 161 | Boise | Idaho | United States | 2 HUB | 41 | USA |
| 162 | Bochum | Germany | 2 HUB | 41 | EURO CONT | |
| 163 | Leeds | United Kingdom | 2 HUB | 41 | EURO CONT | |
| 164 | Duisburg | Germany | 2 HUB | 41 | EURO CONT | |
| 165 | Ann Arbor | Michigan | United States | 2 HUB | 41 | USA |
| 166 | Florence | Italy | 2 HUB | 41 | EURO CONT | |
| 167 | Utrecht | Netherlands | 2 HUB | 41 | EURO CONT | |
| 168 | Des Moines | Iowa | United States | 2 HUB | 41 | USA |
| 169 | Canberra | ACT | Australia | 2 HUB | 41 | ANZ |
| 170 | Norfolk-Virginia Beach | Virginia | United States | 2 HUB | 41 | USA |
| 171 | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | United Kingdom | 2 HUB | 41 | EURO CONT | |
| 172 | Santiago | Chile | 2 HUB | 41 | LATIN AMERICA | |
| 173 | Lucerne | Switzerland | 2 HUB | 41 | EURO CONT | |
| 174 | Daegu | North Gyeongsang | South Korea | 2 HUB | 41 | ASIA PAC |
| 175 | Salzburg | Salzburg | Austria | 2 HUB | 41 | EURO CONT |
| 176 | Bangalore | Karnataka | India | 2 HUB | 41 | INDIA |
| 177 | Adelaide | SA | Australia | 2 HUB | 41 | ANZ |
| 178 | Jacksonville | Florida | United States | 2 HUB | 41 | USA |
| 179 | Coventry | United Kingdom | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 180 | Columbus | Ohio | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 181 | Napoli (Naples) | Italy | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 182 | Birmingham | Alabama | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 183 | Kiel | Germany | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 184 | Gothenburg | Sweden | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 185 | Delhi | Delhi | India | 3 NODE | 40 | INDIA |
| 186 | Daejeon | Chungnam | South Korea | 3 NODE | 40 | ASIA PAC |
| 187 | Nagasaki | Nagasaki | Japan | 3 NODE | 40 | JAPAN |
| 188 | Valencia | Spain | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 189 | Savannah | Georgia | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 190 | Antwerp | Flanders | Belgium | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT |
| 191 | Bremen | Germany | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 192 | Ulsan | South Korea | 3 NODE | 40 | ASIA PAC | |
| 193 | Ventura-Oxnard | California | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 194 | Fresno | California | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 195 | Albany | New York | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 196 | Nottingham | United Kingdom | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 197 | Madison | Wisconsin | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 198 | Malmö | Sweden | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 199 | Lille | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | France | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT |
| 200 | Gdansk | Poland | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 201 | Odense | Denmark | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 202 | Charlottesville | Virginia | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 203 | Akron | Ohio | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 204 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 205 | Bucharest | Romania | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 206 | Greensboro | North Carolina | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 207 | Grand Rapids | Michigan | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 208 | Hamilton | Ontario | Canada | 3 NODE | 40 | CANADA |
| 209 | Little Rock | Arkansas | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 210 | Halifax | Nova Scotia | Canada | 3 NODE | 40 | CANADA |
| 211 | Sheffield | United Kingdom | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 212 | Toledo | Ohio | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 213 | Cardiff | United Kingdom | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 214 | Corpus Christi | Texas | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 215 | Christchurch | South island | New Zealand | 3 NODE | 40 | ANZ |
| 216 | Charleston | South Carolina | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 217 | El Paso | Texas | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 218 | Jakarta | Jakarta | Indonesia | 3 NODE | 39 | ASIA PAC |
| 219 | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 220 | Montpellier | Languedoc-Roussillon | France | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT |
| 221 | Monterrey | Nuevo León | Mexico | 3 NODE | 39 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 222 | Gold Coast | QLD | Australia | 3 NODE | 39 | ANZ |
| 223 | Nanjing | Jiangsu | China | 3 NODE | 39 | CHINA |
| 224 | Bogotá | Cundinamarca Department | Colombia | 3 NODE | 39 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 225 | Bern | Switzerland | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT | |
| 226 | Hiroshima | Hiroshima Prefecture, | Japan | 3 NODE | 39 | JAPAN |
| 227 | Winnipeg | Manitoba | Canada | 3 NODE | 39 | CANADA |
| 228 | Linz | Upper Austria | Austria | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT |
| 229 | Springfield | Massachusetts | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 230 | Grenoble | Rhône-Alpes | France | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT |
| 231 | Rennes | Brittany | France | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT |
| 232 | Dijon | Bourgogne | France | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT |
| 233 | Columbia | South Carolina | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 234 | Dayton | Ohio | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 235 | Bridgeport | Connecticut | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 236 | Knoxville | Tennessee | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 237 | Colorado Springs | Colorado | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 238 | Omaha | Nebraska | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 239 | Tallinn | Estonia | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT | |
| 240 | Seville | Spain | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT | |
| 241 | Venice | Italy | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT | |
| 242 | Bologna | Italy | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT | |
| 243 | Syracuse | New York | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 244 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 245 | Spokane | Washington | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 246 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT | |
| 247 | Reykjavik | Iceland | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT | |
| 248 | Tucson | Arizona | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 249 | Tianjin | Tianjin | China | 3 NODE | 39 | CHINA |
| 250 | Jackson | Mississippi | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 251 | Modesto | California | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 252 | Lexington | Kentucky | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 253 | Chattanooga | Tennessee | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 254 | Lincoln | Nebraska | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 255 | Rochester | Minnesota | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 256 | Gent | East Flanders | Belgium | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT |
| 257 | Wichita | Kansas | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 258 | Augusta | Georgia | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 259 | Anchorage | Alaska | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 260 | Green Bay | Wisconsin | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 261 | Zagreb | Croatia | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT | |
| 262 | Suzhou | Jiangsu | China | 3 NODE | 39 | CHINA |
| 263 | Chengdu | Sichuan | China | 3 NODE | 39 | CHINA |
| 264 | London | Ontario | Canada | 3 NODE | 39 | CANADA |
| 265 | Belgrade | Serbia | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT | |
| 266 | Doha | Qatar | 3 NODE | 38 | MID-EAST | |
| 267 | Kitchener | Ontario | Canada | 3 NODE | 38 | CANADA |
| 268 | Jerusalem | Israel | 3 NODE | 38 | MID-EAST | |
| 269 | Portland | Maine | United States | 3 NODE | 38 | USA |
| 270 | Wroclaw | Lower Silesian | Poland | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT |
| 271 | Manchester | New Hampshire | United States | 3 NODE | 38 | USA |
| 272 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | United States | 3 NODE | 38 | USA |
| 273 | Stockton | California | United States | 3 NODE | 38 | USA |
| 274 | Wuppertal | Germany | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT | |
| 275 | Katowice | Poland | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT | |
| 276 | Roanoke | North Carolina | United States | 3 NODE | 38 | USA |
| 277 | Reims | Champagne-Ardenne | France | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT |
| 278 | Southampton | United Kingdom | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT | |
| 279 | Bakersfield | California | United States | 3 NODE | 38 | USA |
| 280 | Wilmington | Delaware | United States | 3 NODE | 38 | USA |
| 281 | Kraków | Poland | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT | |
| 282 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | India | 3 NODE | 38 | INDIA |
| 283 | Montgomery | Alabama | United States | 3 NODE | 38 | USA |
| 284 | Hobart | TAS | Australia | 3 NODE | 38 | ANZ |
| 285 | Suwon | Gyeonggi-do | South Korea | 3 NODE | 38 | ASIA PAC |
| 286 | Chongqing | Chongqing | China | 3 NODE | 38 | CHINA |
| 287 | Kingston-Upon-Hull | United Kingdom | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT | |
| 288 | Cairo | Cairo | Egypt | 3 NODE | 38 | MID-EAST |
| 289 | Bath & NE Somerset | United Kingdom | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT | |
| 290 | Greenville | South Carolina | United States | 3 NODE | 38 | USA |
| 291 | Málaga | Spain | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT | |
| 292 | Leuven | Flemish Brabant | Belgium | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT |
| 293 | Cedar Rapids | Iowa | United States | 3 NODE | 38 | USA |
| 294 | Bratislava | Slovakia | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT | |
| 295 | Liège | Liège | Belgium | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT |
| 296 | Dongguan | Guangdong | China | 3 NODE | 38 | CHINA |
| 297 | Brno | South Moravian Region | Czech Republic | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT |
| 298 | Rouen | Haute-Normandie | France | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT |
| 299 | Dalian | Liaoning | China | 3 NODE | 38 | CHINA |
| 300 | Wollongong | NSW | Australia | 3 NODE | 38 | ANZ |
| 301 | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | United States | 3 NODE | 38 | USA |
| 302 | Reno | Nevada | United States | 3 NODE | 38 | USA |
| 303 | Hangzhou | Zhejiang | China | 3 NODE | 38 | CHINA |
| 304 | Xiamen | Fujian | China | 3 NODE | 38 | CHINA |
| 305 | Lima | Peru | 3 NODE | 37 | LATIN AMERICA | |
| 306 | Ho Chi Minh City | South Vietnam | Vietnam | 3 NODE | 37 | ASIA PAC |
| 307 | Colombo | Sri Lanka | 3 NODE | 37 | ASIA PAC | |
| 308 | Ljubljana | Slovenia | 3 NODE | 37 | EURO CONT | |
| 309 | Riga | Latvia | 3 NODE | 37 | EURO CONT | |
| 310 | Wuhan | Hubei | China | 3 NODE | 37 | CHINA |
| 311 | Moncton | New Brunswick | Canada | 3 NODE | 37 | CANADA |
| 312 | Springfield | Illinois | United States | 3 NODE | 37 | USA |
| 313 | Fredericton - St John | New Brunswick | Canada | 3 NODE | 37 | CANADA |
| 314 | Vilnius | Lithuania | 3 NODE | 37 | EURO CONT | |
| 315 | Thessaloniki | Greece | 3 NODE | 37 | EURO CONT | |
| 316 | Saint-Étienne | Rhône-Alpes | France | 3 NODE | 37 | EURO CONT |
| 317 | Pamplona | Spain | 3 NODE | 37 | EURO CONT | |
| 318 | Verona | Italy | 3 NODE | 37 | EURO CONT | |
| 319 | Kagoshima | Japan | 3 NODE | 37 | JAPAN | |
| 320 | Padova | Italy | 3 NODE | 37 | EURO CONT | |
| 321 | Springfield | Missouri | United States | 3 NODE | 37 | USA |
| 322 | Ningbo | Zhejiang | China | 3 NODE | 37 | CHINA |
| 323 | Parma | Italy | 3 NODE | 37 | EURO CONT | |
| 324 | Bozeman | Montana | United States | 3 NODE | 37 | USA |
| 325 | Belo Horizonte | Minas Gerais | Brazil | 3 NODE | 37 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 326 | Manila | Manila | Philippines | 3 NODE | 37 | ASIA PAC |
| 327 | Izmir | Izmir | Turkey | 3 NODE | 37 | MID-EAST |
| 328 | Curitiba | Paraná | Brazil | 3 NODE | 37 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 329 | Haifa | Israel | 3 NODE | 37 | MID-EAST | |
| 330 | Ankara | Ankara | Turkey | 3 NODE | 37 | MID-EAST |
| 331 | Petaling Jaya | Selangor | Malaysia | 3 NODE | 36 | ASIA PAC |
| 332 | Xi'an | Shaanxi | China | 3 NODE | 36 | CHINA |
| 333 | Cannes | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | France | 3 NODE | 36 | EURO CONT |
| 334 | Geelong | VIC | Australia | 3 NODE | 36 | ANZ |
| 335 | Hyderabad | Andhra Pradesh | India | 3 NODE | 36 | INDIA |
| 336 | Newcastle | NSW | Australia | 3 NODE | 36 | ANZ |
| 337 | Trieste | Italy | 3 NODE | 36 | EURO CONT | |
| 338 | Kuwait City | Kuwait | 3 NODE | 36 | MID-EAST | |
| 339 | Kazan | Tatarstan | Russia | 3 NODE | 36 | RUSSIA |
| 340 | Modena | Italy | 3 NODE | 36 | EURO CONT | |
| 341 | Gijón | Spain | 3 NODE | 36 | EURO CONT | |
| 342 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat | India | 3 NODE | 36 | INDIA |
| 343 | Johannesburg | Gauteng | South Africa | 3 NODE | 36 | AFRICA |
| 344 | Le Havre | Haute-Normandie | France | 3 NODE | 36 | EURO CONT |
| 345 | Metz | Lorraine | France | 3 NODE | 36 | EURO CONT |
| 346 | Limoges | Limousin | France | 3 NODE | 36 | EURO CONT |
| 347 | Qingdao | Shandong | China | 3 NODE | 36 | CHINA |
| 348 | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | Taiwan | 3 NODE | 36 | CHINA |
| 349 | Granada | Spain | 3 NODE | 36 | EURO CONT | |
| 350 | Kolkata | West Bengal | India | 3 NODE | 36 | INDIA |
| 351 | Wuxi | Jiangsu | China | 3 NODE | 36 | CHINA |
| 352 | Pune | Maharashtra | India | 3 NODE | 36 | INDIA |
| 353 | Montevideo | Uruguay | 3 NODE | 35 | LATIN AMERICA | |
| 354 | Hanoi | Hanoi | Vietnam | 3 NODE | 35 | ASIA PAC |
| 355 | Ballarat | VIC | Australia | 3 NODE | 35 | ANZ |
| 356 | Guadalajara | Jalisco | Mexico | 3 NODE | 35 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 357 | Kosice | Slovakia | 3 NODE | 35 | EURO CONT | |
| 358 | Yekaterinburg | Sverdlovsk Oblast | Russia | 3 NODE | 35 | RUSSIA |
| 359 | Macau | Macau | China | 3 NODE | 35 | CHINA |
| 360 | Bendigo | VIC | Australia | 3 NODE | 35 | ANZ |
| 361 | Harbin | Heilongjiang | China | 3 NODE | 35 | CHINA |
| 362 | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | United States | 3 NODE | 35 | USA |
| 363 | Kawasaki | Japan | 3 NODE | 35 | JAPAN | |
| 364 | Changchun, Jilin | Jilin | China | 3 NODE | 35 | CHINA |
| 365 | Brasilia | Brasilia | Brazil | 3 NODE | 35 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 366 | Queenstown | Otago | New Zealand | 3 NODE | 35 | ANZ |
| 367 | Recife | Pernambuco | Brazil | 3 NODE | 35 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 368 | Fargo | North Dakota | United States | 3 NODE | 35 | USA |
| 369 | Burlington | Vermont | United States | 3 NODE | 35 | USA |
| 370 | Shenyang | Liaoning | China | 3 NODE | 35 | CHINA |
| 371 | Porto Alegre | Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | 3 NODE | 35 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 372 | Zhuhai | Guangdong | China | 3 NODE | 35 | CHINA |
| 373 | Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | 3 NODE | 35 | MID-EAST | |
| 374 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 3 NODE | 35 | MID-EAST | |
| 375 | Dubrovnik | Croatia | 3 NODE | 34 | EURO CONT | |
| 376 | Billings | Montana | United States | 3 NODE | 34 | USA |
| 377 | Alexandria | Alexandria Governorate | Egypt | 3 NODE | 34 | MID-EAST |
| 378 | Cordoba | Córdoba Province | Argentina | 3 NODE | 34 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 379 | Cheyenne | Wyoming | United States | 3 NODE | 34 | USA |
| 380 | Salvador | Brazil | 3 NODE | 34 | LATIN AMERICA | |
| 381 | Panama City | Panama Canal | Panama | 3 NODE | 34 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 382 | Casablanca | Morocco | 3 NODE | 34 | AFRICA | |
| 383 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 3 NODE | 34 | MID-EAST | |
| 384 | Zhengzhou | Henan | China | 3 NODE | 34 | CHINA |
| 385 | San Jose, Costa Rica | San Jose | Costa Rica | 3 NODE | 34 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 386 | Karachi | Pakistan | 3 NODE | 34 | EURASIA | |
| 387 | Quanzhou | Fujian | China | 3 NODE | 34 | CHINA |
| 388 | Nizhny Novgorod | Nizhny Novgorod | Russia | 3 NODE | 34 | RUSSIA |
| 389 | Fuzhou | Fujian | China | 3 NODE | 34 | CHINA |
| 390 | Tainan | Taiwan | Taiwan | 3 NODE | 34 | CHINA |
| 391 | Adana | Mersin Adana | Turkey | 3 NODE | 34 | MID-EAST |
| 392 | Rostov-na-Donu | Rostov-na-Donu | Russia | 3 NODE | 34 | RUSSIA |
| 393 | Bursa, Turkey | Bursa | Turkey | 3 NODE | 34 | MID-EAST |
| 394 | Novosibirsk | Novosibirsk Oblast | Russia | 3 NODE | 34 | RUSSIA |
| 395 | Puebla | Puebla | Mexico | 3 NODE | 34 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 396 | Nanning | Guangxi | China | 3 NODE | 34 | CHINA |
| 397 | Kaliningrad | Kaliningrad Oblast | Russia | 3 NODE | 34 | RUSSIA |
| 398 | Antalya | Turkey | 3 NODE | 34 | MID-EAST | |
| 399 | Foshan | Guangdong | China | 3 NODE | 34 | CHINA |
| 400 | Fuji | Japan | 3 NODE | 33 | JAPAN | |
| 401 | Tirana | Albania | 3 NODE | 33 | EURO CONT | |
| 402 | Beirut | Lebanon | 3 NODE | 33 | MID-EAST | |
| 403 | Timisoara | Romania | 3 NODE | 33 | EURO CONT | |
| 404 | Valparaíso | Valparaíso | Chile | 3 NODE | 33 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 405 | Almaty | Kazakhstan | 3 NODE | 33 | EURASIA | |
| 406 | Nairobi | Kenya | 3 NODE | 33 | AFRICA | |
| 407 | Amman | Jordan | 3 NODE | 33 | MID-EAST | |
| 408 | Kiev | Ukraine | 3 NODE | 33 | EURASIA | |
| 409 | San Salvador | San Salvador department | El Salvador | 3 NODE | 33 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 410 | Wenzhou | Zhejiang | China | 3 NODE | 33 | CHINA |
| 411 | Jaipur | Rajasthan | India | 3 NODE | 33 | INDIA |
| 412 | Krasnoyarsk | Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | 3 NODE | 33 | RUSSIA |
| 413 | Surat | Gujarat | India | 3 NODE | 33 | INDIA |
| 414 | Kunming | Yunnan | China | 3 NODE | 33 | CHINA |
| 415 | Vladivostok | Primorsky Krai | Russia | 3 NODE | 33 | RUSSIA |
| 416 | Yantai-Weihai | Shandong | China | 3 NODE | 33 | CHINA |
| 417 | Jinan | Shandong | China | 3 NODE | 33 | CHINA |
| 418 | Yangzhou | Jiangsu | China | 3 NODE | 33 | CHINA |
| 419 | Perm | Perm Krai | Russia | 3 NODE | 33 | RUSSIA |
| 420 | Taiyuan | Shanxi | China | 3 NODE | 33 | CHINA |
| 421 | Omsk | Omsk Oblast | Russia | 3 NODE | 33 | RUSSIA |
| 422 | Nantong | Jiangsu | China | 3 NODE | 33 | CHINA |
| 423 | Tehran | Iran | 3 NODE | 33 | MID-EAST | |
| 424 | Quito | Pichincha | Ecuador | 3 NODE | 33 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 425 | Nanchang | Jiangxi | China | 3 NODE | 33 | CHINA |
| 426 | Baku | Azerbaijan | 3 NODE | 32 | EURASIA | |
| 427 | Tbilisi | Tbilisi | Georgia | 3 NODE | 32 | EURASIA |
| 428 | Skopje | Macedonia | 3 NODE | 32 | EURO CONT | |
| 429 | Hefei | Anhui | China | 3 NODE | 32 | CHINA |
| 430 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | India | 3 NODE | 32 | INDIA |
| 431 | Taichung | Taiwan | Taiwan | 3 NODE | 32 | CHINA |
| 432 | Volgograd | Volgograd Oblast | Russia | 3 NODE | 32 | RUSSIA |
| 433 | Zhongshan | Guangdong | China | 3 NODE | 32 | CHINA |
| 434 | Samara | Samara Oblast | Russia | 3 NODE | 32 | RUSSIA |
| 435 | Santo Domingo, DR | Dominican Republic | 3 NODE | 32 | LATIN AMERICA | |
| 436 | Fortaleza | Ceará | Brazil | 3 NODE | 32 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 437 | Saratov | Saratov Oblast | Russia | 3 NODE | 32 | RUSSIA |
| 438 | Durban | KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | 3 NODE | 32 | AFRICA |
| 439 | Manama | Bahrain | 4 UPSTART | 31 | MID-EAST | |
| 440 | Dhaka | Dhaka Division | Bangladesh | 4 UPSTART | 31 | ASIA PAC |
| 441 | Muscat | Oman | 4 UPSTART | 31 | MID-EAST | |
| 442 | Pretoria | South Africa | 4 UPSTART | 31 | AFRICA | |
| 443 | Chisinau | Moldova | 4 UPSTART | 31 | EURO CONT | |
| 444 | Tomsk | Tomsk Oblast | Russia | 4 UPSTART | 31 | RUSSIA |
| 445 | Shantou | Guangdong | China | 4 UPSTART | 31 | CHINA |
| 446 | Barnaul | Altai Krai | Russia | 4 UPSTART | 31 | RUSSIA |
| 447 | Lahore | Pakistan | 4 UPSTART | 31 | EURASIA | |
| 448 | Orenburg | Orenburg Oblast | Russia | 4 UPSTART | 31 | RUSSIA |
| 449 | Sarajevo | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 UPSTART | 30 | EURO CONT | |
| 450 | Guimaraes | Norte | Portugal | 4 UPSTART | 30 | EURO CONT |
| 451 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | Guatemala | 4 UPSTART | 30 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 452 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Spain | 4 UPSTART | 30 | EURO CONT | |
| 453 | Lviv | Lviv Oblast | Ukraine | 4 UPSTART | 30 | EURASIA |
| 454 | Izhevsk | Udmurt Republic | Russia | 4 UPSTART | 30 | RUSSIA |
| 455 | Tolyatti | Samara Oblast | Russia | 4 UPSTART | 30 | RUSSIA |
| 456 | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | India | 4 UPSTART | 30 | INDIA |
| 457 | Bandung | West Java | Indonesia | 4 UPSTART | 30 | ASIA PAC |
| 458 | Kharkov | Kharkiv Oblast | Ukraine | 4 UPSTART | 30 | EURASIA |
| 459 | Caracas | Venezuela | 4 UPSTART | 30 | LATIN AMERICA | |
| 460 | Yangon | Yangon Region | Burma | 4 UPSTART | 30 | ASIA PAC |
| 461 | Al-Ain | United Arab Emirates | 4 UPSTART | 29 | MID-EAST | |
| 462 | Bishkek | Kyrgyzstan | 4 UPSTART | 29 | EURASIA | |
| 463 | Cali | Valle del Cauca | Colombia | 4 UPSTART | 29 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 464 | Chittagong | Chittagong | Bangladesh | 4 UPSTART | 29 | ASIA PAC |
| 465 | Minsk | Belarus | 4 UPSTART | 29 | EURASIA | |
| 466 | San Juan | Argentina | 4 UPSTART | 29 | LATIN AMERICA | |
| 467 | Odessa | Odessa Oblast | Ukraine | 4 UPSTART | 29 | EURASIA |
| 468 | Rabat | Morocco | 4 UPSTART | 29 | AFRICA | |
| 469 | Madurai | Tamil Nadu | India | 4 UPSTART | 29 | INDIA |
| 470 | Ajman | United Arab Emirates | 4 UPSTART | 28 | MID-EAST | |
| 471 | Guayaquil | Guayas | Ecuador | 4 UPSTART | 28 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 472 | Astana | Kazakhstan | 4 UPSTART | 28 | EURASIA | |
| 473 | Nassau | Bahamas | 4 UPSTART | 28 | LATIN AMERICA | |
| 474 | Dnepropetrovsk | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Ukraine | 4 UPSTART | 28 | EURASIA |
| 475 | Algiers | Algeria | 4 UPSTART | 28 | AFRICA | |
| 476 | Kingston | Jamaica | 4 UPSTART | 27 | LATIN AMERICA | |
| 477 | Tunis | Tunisia | 4 UPSTART | 27 | AFRICA | |
| 478 | Cartagena | Colombia | 4 UPSTART | 27 | LATIN AMERICA | |
| 479 | Lagos | Nigeria | 4 UPSTART | 27 | AFRICA | |
| 480 | Port Louis | Mauritius | 4 UPSTART | 26 | AFRICA | |
| 481 | Phnom Penh, Cam | Phnom Penh | Cambodia | 4 UPSTART | 26 | ASIA PAC |
| 482 | Ulaanbaatar | Mongolia | 4 UPSTART | 26 | ASIA PAC | |
| 483 | La Paz | La Paz Department | Bolivia | 4 UPSTART | 26 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 484 | Donetsk | Donetsk Oblast | Ukraine | 4 UPSTART | 26 | EURASIA |
| 485 | Asuncion | Paraguay | 25 | LATIN AMERICA | ||
| 486 | Tegucigalpa | Honduras | 25 | LATIN AMERICA | ||
| 487 | Sevastopol | Sevastopol | Ukraine | 24 | EURASIA | |
| 488 | Port of Spain | Trinidad and Tobago | 24 | LATIN AMERICA | ||
| 489 | Dakar | Senegal | 24 | AFRICA | ||
| 490 | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 24 | AFRICA | ||
| 491 | Zaporozhye | Zaporizhia Oblast | Ukraine | 23 | EURASIA | |
| 492 | Simferopol | Crimea | Ukraine | 23 | EURASIA | |
| 493 | Dushanbe | Tajikistan | 22 | EURASIA | ||
| 494 | Addis Ababa | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 22 | AFRICA | |
| 495 | Havana | Havana | Cuba | 22 | LATIN AMERICA | |
| 496 | Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 21 | AFRICA | ||
| 497 | Douala | Cameroon | 21 | AFRICA | ||
| 498 | Luanda | Angola | 21 | AFRICA | ||
| 499 | Khartoum | Sudan | 18 | AFRICA | ||
| 500 | Kinshasa | Kinshasa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 17 | AFRICA |
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