How far is each city from the coast?

MapGO measured the straight-line distance from 182 major cities to the nearest ocean or sea coast. Pick a city for its map, the nearest point on the shore and its nearest land border, or measure from where you are.

How far are you from the ocean?

Measure from where you are standing. On a phone this uses GPS, so the answer is for your exact spot.

Open the calculator

Hover a city for its distance. Click it for the full page. Drag to turn the globe, and scroll or use + and − to zoom.

Every city, by country

182 cities in 50 countries

Farthest from the sea

City	Country	To the coast
Novosibirsk	Russia	1,378 km (856 miles)
Omaha	United States	792 miles (1,275 km)
Denver	United States	745 miles (1,199 km)
Chengdu	China	1,068 km (663 miles)
Kansas City	United States	640 miles (1,031 km)
Lahore	Pakistan	964 km (599 miles)
Chongqing	China	870 km (541 miles)
Winnipeg	Canada	843 km (524 miles)
Delhi	India	840 km (522 miles)
Chicago	United States	506 miles (814 km)
Milwaukee	United States	494 miles (796 km)
Edmonton	Canada	795 km (494 miles)

Questions

How far am I from the ocean?

Use the button on this page: it finds your location (on a phone, by GPS) and opens the distance to coastline calculator measuring from exactly where you are.

Which major city is farthest from the sea?

Of the 182 cities MapGO measured, Novosibirsk, Russia, is the farthest from any coast: 1,378 km (856 miles) in a straight line.

Are these driving distances?

No. Every figure is the straight-line distance from the city centre to the nearest point on the shore of an ocean or sea. A drive to the beach is longer and depends on the roads.

Measured by MapGO on October 8, 2026. See also how far cities are from each country's border.