Geoguessr
Released: 2026-05-09
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meta-llama/llama-4-maverick
meta
Score: 4797
Distance: 83km
Lat: 49.383333
Lng: 4.033333
The image depicts a rural French street with traditional brick houses and tiled roofs, characteristic of many French villages. The architecture and the vehicles suggest a location in France. The specific region is likely to be in northern or eastern France due to the style of the houses and the presence of multiple cars parked outside. The exact coordinates are guessed to be near the town of Saint-Étienne-au-Temple, which is in the Marne department in the Grand Est region of France, based on the architectural style and the general appearance of the scene.
google/gemini-3-flash-preview
Score: 4918
Distance: 33km
Lat: 49.332306
Lng: 5.158145
The architecture of the stone buildings with orange tiled roofs, many featuring wooden shutters, is characteristic of the Grand Est region in France, specifically near the border with Belgium and Luxembourg. The presence of European-style cars like the Citroën Berlingo and older SUVs, combined with the style of street lighting and the dry summer vegetation, strongly suggests a small village in the Meuse or Ardennes department of northeastern France.
anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5
anthropic
Score: 4320
Distance: 292km
Lat: 50.9167
Lng: 1.5333
This image shows a typical rural French village with characteristic architecture. The stone buildings with brown/tan colored walls, the architectural style of the structures, and the layout of the village street are typical of northern France. The presence of French-style utility poles, the condition of the road, and the rural setting suggest this is likely in the Hauts-de-France region or similar area in northern France. The building materials and construction style, along with the village layout, are consistent with communes in the Pas-de-Calais or Nord departments. Based on these architectural and geographic clues, this appears to be a small village in northern France, likely in the Opal Coast region or surrounding areas.
anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6
anthropic
Score: 4959
Distance: 16km
Lat: 49.4823
Lng: 5.1245
The image shows a small rural French village with characteristic stone/brick architecture typical of the Ardennes or Meuse region in northeastern France. The buildings feature the typical sandy/yellow limestone construction common in the Grand Est region. The Citroën Berlingo van and overall architectural style confirm this is rural France. The village layout, building materials, and landscape are very typical of villages in the Meuse or Ardennes departments in northeastern France.
x-ai/grok-4-fast
x-ai
Score: 4186
Distance: 355km
Lat: 46.433
Lng: 5.2
The image depicts a rural French village with characteristic stone and brick buildings featuring red-tiled roofs, wooden shutters, and barn-like structures. The narrow paved road with grass verges, parked European cars (e.g., a white minivan resembling a Citroën or Peugeot, and SUVs), and clear summer sky point to countryside France. This architecture is typical of the Burgundy region (Bourgogne), particularly small villages. Similar Street View imagery can be found around areas like Cluny or Mâcon, leading to this coordinate guess in that vicinity.
moonshotai/kimi-k2.5
moonshot
Score: 4882
Distance: 48km
Lat: 49.45
Lng: 4.52
The architecture features long stone farmhouses with reddish-brown tiled roofs characteristic of northern France, specifically the Champagne-Ardenne region. The presence of a Citroën Berlingo van (popular in France), French-style license plates, and rural village layout with narrow paved roads and gravel parking areas strongly indicates this is a small commune in the Ardennes department of France. The solar panels on the roof and the specific building arrangement match rural French villages in this region.
openai/gpt-5-image-mini
openai
Score: 4775
Distance: 92km
Lat: 48.8
Lng: 5.15
Rural European village — brick and stone farmhouses with large barn doors, red clay tile roofs and narrow paved street with cars parked on grassy verge. Lamp posts and roadside cobble strip are typical of northeastern France/Champagne–Lorraine/Lorraine rural communes. Vehicle types (small French vans) and absence of painted road markings likewise suggest rural France rather than Belgium/Netherlands. I therefore place it in northeastern France (around 48.8°N, 5.15°E).
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.