Latin America from the air

12 cities across 7 countries2 the game rates easy, 8 standard, 2 expert.

Placing a city in Latin America

Placing the region is the first and cheapest decision you make in a round, and getting it wrong costs you the whole guess. In Latin America the giveaways are the combination of landscape and building pattern rather than any single landmark: once you have seen Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey from above, the family resemblance across the rest becomes obvious.

The cities the game rates expert here — Medellin, Salvador — are the ones without a signature feature. On those you are reading grid texture, tower distribution and the shape of the edge where the city stops.

Mexico

  • Guadalajara StandardReads as: inland grid.
  • Mexico City EasyReads as: highland megacity.
  • Monterrey StandardReads as: mountain skyline.

Brazil

  • Rio de Janeiro EasyReads as: mountains and beaches.
  • Salvador ExpertReads as: bay peninsula.
  • Sao Paulo StandardReads as: endless skyline.

Colombia

  • Bogota StandardReads as: andes plateau.
  • Medellin ExpertReads as: valley city.

Panama

  • Panama City StandardReads as: canal coast towers.

Peru

  • Lima StandardReads as: coastal desert.

Chile

  • Santiago StandardReads as: andes basin.

Argentina

  • Buenos Aires StandardReads as: river plate grid.