Find The Country Answers - January 2026 Archive
Browse all 31 recorded daily solutions for January 2026, covering January 1, 2026 through January 31, 2026. This monthly archive keeps each date and answer together with a map and geographic observations. Find a past puzzle in the dated rows.
Daily country answers for January 2026
The following table lists the answer used by Find The Country for each UTC date. Geography notes describe the reference coordinates used by the game. They are useful for understanding distance and direction clues, but do not describe the entire territory of a country.
| Puzzle date (UTC) | Answer | Geography note |
|---|---|---|
| Togo (TG) | 8.6° N, 0.8° E; tropical reference point. | |
| Tonga (TO) | 21.2° S, 175.2° W; tropical reference point. | |
| Trinidad and Tobago (TT) | 10.7° N, 61.2° W; tropical reference point. | |
| Tunisia (TN) | 33.9° N, 9.5° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Turkey (TR) | 39.0° N, 35.2° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Turkmenistan (TM) | 39.0° N, 59.6° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Tuvalu (TV) | 7.1° S, 177.6° E; tropical reference point. | |
| Uganda (UG) | 1.4° N, 32.3° E; tropical reference point. | |
| Ukraine (UA) | 48.4° N, 31.2° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| United Arab Emirates (AE) | 23.4° N, 53.8° E; tropical reference point. | |
| United Kingdom (GB) | 55.4° N, 3.4° W; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| United States (US) | 37.1° N, 95.7° W; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Uruguay (UY) | 32.5° S, 55.8° W; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Uzbekistan (UZ) | 41.4° N, 64.6° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Vanuatu (VU) | 15.4° S, 167.0° E; tropical reference point. | |
| Vatican City (VA) | 41.9° N, 12.5° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Venezuela (VE) | 6.4° N, 66.6° W; tropical reference point. | |
| Vietnam (VN) | 14.1° N, 108.3° E; tropical reference point. | |
| Yemen (YE) | 15.6° N, 48.5° E; tropical reference point. | |
| Zambia (ZM) | 13.1° S, 27.8° E; tropical reference point. | |
| Zimbabwe (ZW) | 19.0° S, 29.2° E; tropical reference point. | |
| Afghanistan (AF) | 33.9° N, 67.7° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Albania (AL) | 41.2° N, 20.2° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Algeria (DZ) | 28.0° N, 1.7° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Andorra (AD) | 42.5° N, 1.6° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Angola (AO) | 11.2° S, 17.9° E; tropical reference point. | |
| Argentina (AR) | 38.4° S, 63.6° W; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Armenia (AM) | 40.1° N, 45.0° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Australia (AU) | 25.3° S, 133.8° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Austria (AT) | 47.5° N, 14.6° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Azerbaijan (AZ) | 40.1° N, 47.6° E; middle-latitude reference point. |
Where this month's countries are on the map
Blue dots mark each answer's stored reference point. The horizontal dashed line is the equator, and the vertical line is the prime meridian. This flat map helps compare locations; it is not an equal-distance projection. Use the table for accessible location descriptions and the live globe to inspect the world from different angles.
Of this month's 31 solutions, 22 reference points are in the Northern Hemisphere and 9 are in the Southern Hemisphere. 13 fall within the tropical latitude band, between 23.44° north and south. The month contains 31 distinct countries, with a different country in every recorded row.
Geography observations from January 2026
The northernmost reference point belongs to United Kingdom (55.38° latitude); the southernmost belongs to Argentina (-38.42°). Their separation in latitude is 93.8 degrees.
Tonga has the westernmost reference longitude (-175.20°), while Tuvalu has the easternmost (177.65°). These are numeric longitude extremes, not the most distant pair: locations near opposite sides of the date line can be close together. Direction clues use an initial bearing on a sphere rather than a horizontal line across this map.
Nearby answer pairs to compare
- Armenia and Azerbaijan: about 216 km between their stored reference points, appearing on January 28, 2026 and January 31, 2026.
- Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan: about 504 km between their stored reference points, appearing on January 6, 2026 and January 14, 2026.
- Vatican City and Austria: about 646 km between their stored reference points, appearing on January 16, 2026 and January 30, 2026.
These distances use the same spherical calculation as the game. A small gap between reference points is a reason to compare nearby guesses; it does not prove that two countries share a land border. Coastlines, islands, and large territories can make border distance very different from the number shown in a round.
Use the archive to improve your next round
Pick an answer from the table and imagine starting from a country you know. Consider whether the first arrow would point north, south, east, or west, then compare the location with a second guess. This exercise builds a mental map through active recall.
The puzzle resets at 00:00 UTC. The dates here follow that shared schedule rather than your device's local midnight. For the current solution, open today's answer and hints; to try the puzzle without spoilers, return to the Find The Country game. Read How to Play for the color, distance, and direction rules.