Cities · Puzzle #13 · Monday, October 12
Cities: the board
Eight items, eight categories, one place each. Here is the board with every figure and where it comes from, and the best way to place them. Play today's Cities.
The categories
- Packed in: 1 pt per doubling over 40 people per square mile
- Capital city: 10 pts if its country's capital
- High altitude: 1 pt per 500 ft above sea level
- Far from the equator: 1 pt per 6° north or south
- Known worldwide: 1 pt per 30 Wikipedia languages
- Most looked-up: 1 pt per 150,000 Wikipedia views in 2025
- Rainy: 1 pt per 8 inches of rain a year
- Hot spot: 1 pt per 5°F of yearly average over 30°F
The best board
- Da Nang in Rainy: gets 87 inches of rain a year (10.0)
- Cebu City in Hot spot: averages 81°F over the year (10.0)
- Guadalajara in High altitude: sits 5,039 ft above sea level (10.0)
- Bengaluru in Packed in: packs in 43,086 people per square mile (10.0)
- Luxembourg City in Capital city: is its country's capital (10.0)
- Vienna in Known worldwide: Wikipedia has an article on it in 294 languages (9.8)
- Stockholm in Far from the equator: lies 59° from the equator (9.9)
- Los Angeles in Most looked-up: its Wikipedia article was read 3.16 million times in 2025 (10.0)
The most this board could score: 79.7 of 80.
The lineup, figure by figure
Da Nang
Vietnam
Photo: Cuong Tran, Public domain - Packed in
- packs in 616 people per square mile (3.9) Source: Wikipedia
- Capital city
- isn't its country's capital (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 62 ft above sea level (0.1) Source: Wikidata Q25282, P2044
- Far from the equator
- lies 16° from the equator (2.7) Source: Wikipedia
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 141 languages (4.7) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 358,410 times in 2025 (2.4) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Rainy
- gets 87 inches of rain a year (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Hot spot
- averages 78°F over the year (9.5) Source: Wikipedia
Cebu City
Philippines
Photo: Patrickroque01, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Packed in
- packs in 7,937 people per square mile (7.6) Source: Wikipedia
- Capital city
- isn't its country's capital (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 443 ft above sea level (0.9) Source: Wikidata Q1467, P2044
- Far from the equator
- lies 10° from the equator (1.7) Source: Wikipedia
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 86 languages (2.9) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 245,508 times in 2025 (1.6) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Rainy
- gets 79 inches of rain a year (9.9) Source: Wikipedia
- Hot spot
- averages 81°F over the year (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
Guadalajara
Jalisco, Mexico
Photo: Isacdaavid, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Packed in
- packs in 24,750 people per square mile (9.3) Source: Wikipedia
- Capital city
- isn't its country's capital (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 5,039 ft above sea level (10.0) Source: Wikidata Q9022, P2044
- Far from the equator
- lies 21° from the equator (3.4) Source: Wikipedia
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 183 languages (6.1) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 473,136 times in 2025 (3.2) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Rainy
- gets 32 inches of rain a year (4.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Hot spot
- averages 68°F over the year (7.6) Source: Wikipedia
Bengaluru
Karnataka, India
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 - Packed in
- packs in 43,086 people per square mile (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Capital city
- isn't its country's capital (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 3,018 ft above sea level (6.0) Source: Wikidata Q1355, P2044
- Far from the equator
- lies 13° from the equator (2.2) Source: Wikipedia
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 165 languages (5.5) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 1.06 million times in 2025 (7.0) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Rainy
- gets 33 inches of rain a year (4.2) Source: Wikipedia
- Hot spot
- averages 75°F over the year (8.9) Source: Wikipedia
Luxembourg City
Luxembourg
Photo: Pierre Blaché from Paris, France, CC0 - Packed in
- packs in 6,892 people per square mile (7.4) Source: Wikipedia
- Capital city
- is its country's capital (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 984 ft above sea level (2.0) Source: Wikidata Q1842, P2044
- Far from the equator
- lies 50° from the equator (8.3) Source: Wikipedia
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 175 languages (5.8) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 301,776 times in 2025 (2.0) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Rainy
- gets 30 inches of rain a year (3.8) Source: Wikipedia
- Hot spot
- averages 49°F over the year (3.8) Source: Wikipedia
Vienna
Austria
Photo: Andrzej Otrębski, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Packed in
- packs in 12,664 people per square mile (8.3) Source: Wikipedia
- Capital city
- is its country's capital (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 495 ft above sea level (1.0) Source: Wikidata Q1741, P2044
- Far from the equator
- lies 48° from the equator (8.0) Source: Wikipedia
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 294 languages (9.8) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 1.29 million times in 2025 (8.6) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Rainy
- gets 29 inches of rain a year (3.6) Source: Wikipedia
- Hot spot
- averages 49°F over the year (3.9) Source: Wikipedia
Stockholm
Sweden
Photo: JZ, CC BY-SA 3.0 - Packed in
- packs in 13,627 people per square mile (8.4) Source: Wikipedia
- Capital city
- is its country's capital (10.0) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 79 ft above sea level (0.2) Source: Copernicus GLO-90, via Open-Meteo
- Far from the equator
- lies 59° from the equator (9.9) Source: Wikipedia
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 279 languages (9.3) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 820,156 times in 2025 (5.5) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Rainy
- gets 26 inches of rain a year (3.3) Source: Wikipedia
- Hot spot
- averages 44°F over the year (2.9) Source: Wikipedia
Los Angeles
California, USA
Photo: Alek Leckszas, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Packed in
- packs in 7,755 people per square mile (7.6) Source: Wikipedia
- Capital city
- isn't its country's capital (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
- High altitude
- sits 348 ft above sea level (0.7) Source: Wikidata Q65, P2044
- Far from the equator
- lies 34° from the equator (5.7) Source: Wikipedia
- Known worldwide
- Wikipedia has an article on it in 280 languages (9.3) Source: Wikipedia
- Most looked-up
- its Wikipedia article was read 3.16 million times in 2025 (10.0) Source: Wikimedia page views
- Rainy
- gets 13 inches of rain a year (1.6) Source: Wikipedia
- Hot spot
- averages 63°F over the year (6.6) Source: Wikipedia
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