Cities API

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Everything is a place. The Cities API gives you unified access to 13+ million geographic features — cities, lakes, mountains, airports, parks — through one consistent interface. Query any feature type the same way: search, filter, calculate distances, find what's nearby. Plus 252 countries, 418 timezones, and 1.8 million postal codes. 84 fast REST endpoints. View API Documentation ## Everything…

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84 endpoints

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Cities API endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
validate
GET	/validate/postal-code/{country}/{code} /validate/postal-code/{country}/{code}	Check if a postal code exists for a given country
GET	/validate/coordinates /validate/coordinates	Validate geographic coordinates and check if they are on land
convert
GET	/convert/temperature /convert/temperature	Convert between temperature units: c (Celsius), f (Fahrenheit), k (Kelvin)
GET	/convert/coordinates /convert/coordinates	Convert between decimal degrees (dd) and degrees-minutes-seconds (dms) formats
GET	/convert/distance /convert/distance	Convert between distance units: km, mi, nm, m, ft
GET	/convert/area /convert/area	Convert between area units: sqkm, sqmi, ha, acre
GET	/convert/speed /convert/speed	Convert between speed units: kmh, mph, knots, ms
GET	/convert/elevation /convert/elevation	Convert between elevation units: m, ft
places
GET	/places/{id}/shipping-hub /places/{id}/shipping-hub	Analyzes if a place is a shipping hub based on nearby ports, airports, and population
GET	/places/{id}/parent /places/{id}/parent	Get parent place
GET	/places/{id}/utc-offset /places/{id}/utc-offset	Get UTC offset and timezone information
GET	/places/{id}/antipode /places/{id}/antipode	Get the antipode (opposite point on Earth) for a place
GET	/places/{id}/hemisphere /places/{id}/hemisphere	Get hemisphere and geographical position information
GET	/places/route /places/route	Calculate route between waypoints
GET	/places/by-currency /places/by-currency	Find places by currency
GET	/places /places	Search all geographic features with flexible filtering
GET	/places/along-route /places/along-route	Find places along a route
GET	/places/bearing /places/bearing	Calculate bearing between places
GET	/places/nearby /places/nearby	Find all places near given coordinates
GET	/places/{id}/population-rank /places/{id}/population-rank	Get population rank for place
GET	/places/time-at /places/time-at	Get current time at specific geographic coordinates
GET	/places/{id}/nearby /places/{id}/nearby	Find places near a specific place
GET	/places/midpoint /places/midpoint	Calculate geographic midpoint
GET	/places/same-timezone /places/same-timezone	Find places in same timezone
GET	/places/{id}/climate-zone /places/{id}/climate-zone	Get climate zone
GET	/places/distance /places/distance	Calculate distance between two places
GET	/places/extremes /places/extremes	Get extreme places
GET	/places/sun-times /places/sun-times	Get sun times for coordinates
GET	/places/bbox /places/bbox	Search places in bounding box
GET	/places/reverse /places/reverse	Find the nearest place to coordinates
GET	/places/compare /places/compare	Compare two places
GET	/places/{id} /places/{id}	Get detailed information about a specific place
GET	/places/{id}/local-info /places/{id}/local-info	Get timezone, currency, phone code, and language information
GET	/places/{id}/sun-times /places/{id}/sun-times	Get sunrise, sunset, and day length information
GET	/places/{id}/local-time /places/{id}/local-time	Get the current local time at a place
GET	/places/{id}/metro-area /places/{id}/metro-area	Get metro area information including nearby populated places and aggregated population statistics
GET	/places/{id}/names /places/{id}/names	Get alternate names
GET	/places/{id}/children /places/{id}/children	Get child places
timezones
GET	/timezones/{id} /timezones/{id}	Get detailed information about a specific timezone, including current time. The ID can use hyphens instead of slashes (e.g., America-New_York)
GET	/timezones /timezones	Get a paginated list of all timezones, optionally filtered by country code
timezone-at
GET	/timezone-at /timezone-at	Find the timezone at a specific geographic location by finding the nearest city with timezone information
time-difference
GET	/time-difference /time-difference	Calculate the time difference between two places, showing their current local times and UTC offsets
postal-codes
GET	/postal-codes /postal-codes	Get a paginated list of postal codes for a specific country, with optional search prefix
GET	/postal-codes/nearby /postal-codes/nearby	Find postal codes near a geographic location, sorted by distance
GET	/postal-codes/{country}/{code} /postal-codes/{country}/{code}	Get detailed information about a specific postal code in a country. A single postal code may cover multiple places.
countries
GET	/countries/g20 /countries/g20	List G20 countries
GET	/countries/commonwealth /countries/commonwealth	List Commonwealth countries
GET	/countries/eu-members /countries/eu-members	List EU member countries
GET	/countries/islands /countries/islands	List island nations
GET	/countries/localization/{code} /countries/localization/{code}	Get country names in all languages

+ 34 more endpoints on the provider's documentation.

Cities API pricing

Plan	Price	Rate limit	Quotas
BASIC	Free	1 / second	Requests: 500 / daily
PRO	$19.99 / month	10 / second	Requests: 35,000 / daily (then $0.0001 each)
ULTRA	$39.99 / month	20 / second	Requests: 60,000 / daily
MEGA	$79.99 / month	30 / second	Requests: 100,000 / daily

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Cities API endpoints

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