Pin the City
Drop the pin. Reveal the distance. Chase 25,000.
World city placement game
How accurately can you place the world?
Pin the City is a world map placement game where you drop a pin for five famous cities. Each reveal connects your guess to the true location, counts the great-circle distance and awards up to 5,000 proximity points. Play the shared daily tour or generate a new world tour.
5
cities per tour
5k
points each
70+
famous cities
25k
perfect score
How to play
Five pin drops around the world
Read the destination
Each round names one famous city and its country.
Drop with precision
Press, position and release your pin anywhere on the map.
See the gap
An animated route connects your guess to the real location and scores the distance.
A better way to learn city locations
Capital quizzes test names, and distance games tell you whether a guess is warm or cold. Pin the City asks for a geographic judgement before giving any help. You have to translate what you know about a city into a position on the world map, which builds a stronger mental model of continents, coasts and relative location.
Use the country as your first anchor, then look for coastlines, nearby seas and the city’s position within the country. Madrid sits near the centre of Spain; Sydney is on Australia’s southeast coast; Lima is on Peru’s Pacific side. For inland cities, compare the surrounding countries and latitude.
Coordinates and scoring: the city pool uses manually reviewed latitude and longitude points shared with Citydle. Your map position is converted back to geographic coordinates, then great-circle distance is calculated with the haversine formula. The 5,000-point curve rewards exceptional precision while keeping every round meaningful. Last reviewed .
Prefer clue-led navigation? Play Citydle. To locate countries instead of cities, try the World Map Game or browse all map games.
Remember the places behind every pin
Turn your city adventures into a TripBook
Bring routes, photos and day-by-day memories together in TripMemo, then share the complete journey beautifully.
- Create a TripBook for every city break
- Keep routes and memories together
- Share the whole adventure
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FAQ
Pin the City questions
What is Pin the City?
Pin the City is a world map placement game. You are shown a famous city and country, then drop a pin where you think the city is located. The game reveals the true point, distance in kilometres and a proximity score.
How is the Pin the City score calculated?
Each city is worth up to 5,000 points. A pin within 25 kilometres earns the maximum; points then decrease smoothly as distance increases. Five rounds create a maximum tour score of 25,000.
Can I play Pin the City on a phone?
Yes. The map uses pointer controls designed for both touch and mouse input. Press and move your finger to position the pin, then release to drop it.
Which cities appear?
The curated pool contains more than 70 recognisable cities across every inhabited continent, using the same reviewed coordinates as TripMemo’s Citydle game.
Are distances driving distances?
No. Distance is the great-circle distance between your selected latitude and longitude and the city coordinate, calculated across Earth’s surface using the haversine formula.