Head to head
Bengaluru vs Hanoi
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bengaluru is the larger of the two, with 8,495,492 people to 8,053,663 in Hanoi. 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 Bengaluru is the larger of the two, with 8,495,492 people to 8,053,663 in Hanoi. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Bengaluru nor Hanoi has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Bengaluru | Hanoi |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 8,495,492 | 8,053,663 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | India | Vietnam |
| Region | Karnataka | Hanoi |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:18 AM · UTC+05:30 | 2:48 AM · UTC+07:00 |
| 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
3,129 km apartBengaluru and Hanoi are 3,129 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Bengaluru is in India; Hanoi is in Vietnam. Hanoi keeps time 1 hour 30 minutes ahead of Bengaluru.
Bengaluru has 441,829 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Bengaluru or Hanoi?
- Bengaluru is the larger city by population, with 8,495,492 people to 8,053,663 in Hanoi — a difference of 441,829. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Bengaluru and Hanoi?
- 3,129 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Bengaluru is in India and Hanoi is in Vietnam. Hanoi keeps time 1 hour 30 minutes ahead of Bengaluru.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Bengaluru or Hanoi?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bengaluru is the larger of the two, with 8,495,492 people to 8,053,663 in Hanoi. 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 Bengaluru and Hanoi both currently sit at $0.
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