Head to head
Beijing vs Guangzhou
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Beijing is the larger of the two, with 18,960,744 people to 16,096,724 in Guangzhou. 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 Beijing is the larger of the two, with 18,960,744 people to 16,096,724 in Guangzhou. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Beijing nor Guangzhou has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
China| Metric | Beijing | Guangzhou |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 18,960,744 | 16,096,724 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | China | China |
| Region | Beijing | Guangdong |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 9:44 AM · UTC+08:00 | 9:44 AM · UTC+08:00 |
| 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
1,890 km apartBeijing and Guangzhou are 1,890 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in China. Guangzhou keeps time the same time as Beijing.
Beijing has 2,864,020 more people — 1.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Beijing or Guangzhou?
- Beijing is the larger city by population, with 18,960,744 people to 16,096,724 in Guangzhou — a difference of 2,864,020. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Beijing and Guangzhou?
- 1,890 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in China. Guangzhou keeps time the same time as Beijing.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Beijing or Guangzhou?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Beijing is the larger of the two, with 18,960,744 people to 16,096,724 in Guangzhou. 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 Beijing and Guangzhou both currently sit at $0.
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