Geoguessr
Released: 2026-05-07
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moonshotai/kimi-k2.5
moonshot
Score: 4054
Distance: 419km
Lat: 38.078
Lng: -122.213
This image shows a suburban residential neighborhood with single-story homes with tile roofs, green lawns, and street layout typical of newer California suburban developments. The architecture style, landscaping with drought-tolerant plants and rocks, wide streets, and clear blue sky with dry climate vegetation are characteristic of Northern California suburban areas, particularly around Solano County or similar regions in the Bay Area exurbs. The street layout with curved roads and similar house designs suggests a planned community from the 2000s-2010s. The combination of the 2022 Google watermark style and these visual cues points to an area like Fairfield, Vacaville, or similar Northern California suburban communities. Based on the street pattern and housing style, this appears to be in a newer development in the Fairfield or Suisun City area.
google/gemini-3-flash-preview
Score: 4992
Distance: 3km
Lat: 35.2974241
Lng: -119.0858102
The architecture of the homes featuring stucco walls, tiled roofs, and typical xeriscaping or standard suburban American lawn layouts, combined with the dry, sunny environment and flat terrain, is highly characteristic of the Central Valley in California. Specifically, the housing styles and street infrastructure like the light poles and concrete curbs are common in newer residential developments in areas around Bakersfield.
anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5
anthropic
Score: 3942
Distance: 476km
Lat: 39.5588
Lng: -119.2156
This image shows a suburban residential neighborhood with newly built homes, curved streets, and modern landscaping typical of newer developments in Northern California. The architectural style, vegetation patterns, and development layout suggest this is from the greater Reno/Sparks, Nevada area, or possibly Northern California. The flat terrain, the style of homes with similar architectural features, and the neat suburban planning are characteristic of developments in the Reno metropolitan area. The street design with gentle curves and the overall appearance of a planned community points to this location in northwestern Nevada/northeastern California region around latitude 39.56 and longitude -119.22.
meta-llama/llama-4-maverick
meta
Score: 4515
Distance: 204km
Lat: 36.965
Lng: -119.965
The image depicts a suburban neighborhood with a clear blue sky and well-manicured lawns. The architecture and style of the houses suggest a location in the United States. The presence of ’2012 Google’ watermarks indicates the image was captured before 2012. The overall scenery is typical of suburban areas in California, with the style of homes and landscaping consistent with regions like the Central Valley. Given these clues, a reasonable guess is that the location is in California. The specific coordinates (36.965, -119.965) are near Fresno, California, which fits the observed characteristics.
anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6
anthropic
Score: 4621
Distance: 157km
Lat: 36.6
Lng: -119.7
This image shows a typical suburban residential neighborhood in California’s Central Valley. The architectural style of the homes (stucco/tile roof ranch-style houses), the flat terrain, dry climate with minimal vegetation, wide streets, and the overall look is very characteristic of the San Joaquin Valley area. The style of development and landscaping suggests a newer subdivision in the Fresno/Visalia/Tulare area of California’s Central Valley.
x-ai/grok-4-fast
x-ai
Score: 3573
Distance: 672km
Lat: 33.4484
Lng: -112.074
The image shows a suburban residential area with beige stucco houses, tile roofs, irrigated green lawns, and a clear blue sky against a dry landscape, which is characteristic of the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area. The architecture and vegetation point to the southwestern United States, specifically Arizona suburbs.
openai/gpt-5-image-mini
openai
Score: 4974
Distance: 10km
Lat: 35.3733
Lng: -119.0187
Suburban American development with single‑story stucco homes and brown tile roofs, wood backyard fences, wide flat streets and concrete curbs/sidewalks. Dry, flat landscape and clear sky suggest California Central Valley style (newer tract housing). Streetlight design and overall streetscape match Bakersfield/Central Valley residential neighborhoods, so I place it in Bakersfield, CA (approx.).
Methodology Note
Each model receives the same Google Street View image. Models are tasked with guessing the location of the image using only visual clues from the street view. Their answers are evaluated without feedback or retries.