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Capitals of the Americas

Best Capitals of the Americas

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Havana (Cuba)1392

The worldwide ranking generated by 1.4k votes

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Havana (Cuba)1392

Washington D.C. (United States)1375

Ottawa (Canada)1365

Mexico City (Mexico)1355

Buenos Aires (Argentina)1324

Kingston (Jamaica)1319

Bridgetown (Barbados)1287

San Salvador (El Salvador)1274

Bogotá (Colombia)1272

#10

Brasília (Brazil)1272

#11

Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)1262

#12

San José (Costa Rica)1253

#13

Caracas (Venezuela)1232

#14

Lima (Peru)1227

#15

Belmopan (Belize)1222

#16

Santiago (Chile)1221

#17

Guatemala City (Guatemala)1192

#18

Montevideo (Uruguay)1189

#19

Asunción (Paraguay)1178

#20

Panama City (Panama)1174

#21

Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)1171

#22

La Paz (Bolivia)1162

#23

Nassau (Bahamas)1153

#24

Georgetown (Guyana)1144

#25

Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis)1138

#26

Port-au-Prince (Haiti)1137

#27

St. George's (Grenada)1125

#28

Kingstown (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)1117

#29

Roseau (Dominica)1101

#30

Quito (Ecuador)1098

#31

Paramaribo (Suriname)1096

#32

Managua (Nicaragua)1084

#33

Tegucigalpa (Honduras)1074

#34

Castries (Saint Lucia)1074

#35

Saint John's (Antigua and Barbuda)1038

What the community says

Havana (Cuba) leads with an ELO of 1,392, ahead of Washington D.C. (United States) (1,375) and Ottawa (Canada) (1,365). Ranked over 1,436 duels between 35 contenders, last updated October 6, 2026.

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How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.