diff --git a/lib/geocoder/googlegeocoder.js b/lib/geocoder/googlegeocoder.js
index 54b30ba1..d1b29ab8 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/googlegeocoder.js
+++ b/lib/geocoder/googlegeocoder.js
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ GoogleGeocoder.prototype._formatResult = function (result) {
     }
   };
 
+  var localityFlag = false;
   for (var i = 0; i < result.address_components.length; i++) {
     for (var x = 0; x < result.address_components[i].types.length; x++) {
       var addressType = result.address_components[i].types[x];
@@ -219,9 +220,15 @@ GoogleGeocoder.prototype._formatResult = function (result) {
           break;
         // City
         case 'locality':
-        case 'postal_town':
+          localityFlag = true;
           extractedObj.city = result.address_components[i].long_name;
           break;
+        case 'sublocality':
+        case 'postal_town':
+          if (!localityFlag) {
+            extractedObj.city = result.address_components[i].long_name;
+          }
+          break;
         // Address
         case 'postal_code':
           extractedObj.zipcode = result.address_components[i].long_name;
@@ -243,7 +250,6 @@ GoogleGeocoder.prototype._formatResult = function (result) {
           break;
         case 'sublocality_level_1':
         case 'political':
-        case 'sublocality':
         case 'neighborhood':
           if(!extractedObj.extra.neighborhood) {
             extractedObj.extra.neighborhood = result.address_components[i].long_name;