Head to head
Auckland vs Christchurch
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Auckland is the larger of the two, with 1,547,200 people to 419,200 in Christchurch. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Everything below is the evidence for that: population, size within each city’s own country, the distance between them, and where each one stands on the global board.
The answer
SummaryNeither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Auckland is the larger of the two, with 1,547,200 people to 419,200 in Christchurch. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Auckland nor Christchurch has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
New Zealand| Metric | Auckland | Christchurch |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,547,200 | 419,200 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | New Zealand | New Zealand |
| Region | Auckland | Canterbury |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 10:58 AM · UTC+12:00 | 10:58 AM · UTC+12:00 |
| CityWar rank | Unclaimed | Unclaimed |
| City score$1 contributed = 1 point | $0 | $0 |
| Backers | 0 | 0 |
| Score added todaysince 00:00 UTC | $0 | $0 |
Distance and time
765 km apartAuckland and Christchurch are 765 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in New Zealand. Christchurch keeps time the same time as Auckland.
Auckland has 1,128,000 more people — 3.7× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Auckland or Christchurch?
- Auckland is the larger city by population, with 1,547,200 people to 419,200 in Christchurch — a difference of 1,128,000. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Auckland and Christchurch?
- 765 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in New Zealand. Christchurch keeps time the same time as Auckland.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Auckland or Christchurch?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Auckland is the larger of the two, with 1,547,200 people to 419,200 in Christchurch. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
- How is a city's CityWar score calculated?
- One US dollar contributed is one point, and cities are ordered by total score with the highest first. When two cities are level the one backed first holds the higher rank. Nothing else is in the calculation — no population weighting, no votes and no editorial judgement — which is why Auckland and Christchurch both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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