Head to head
Brasília vs Plano Piloto
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Brasília is the larger of the two, with 2,207,718 people to 198,697 in Plano Piloto. 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 Brasília is the larger of the two, with 2,207,718 people to 198,697 in Plano Piloto. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Brasília nor Plano Piloto has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Brazil| Metric | Brasília | Plano Piloto |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,207,718 | 198,697 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 7th largest | 161st largest |
| Country | Brazil | Brazil |
| Region | Federal District | Federal District |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 9:21 PM · UTC-03:00 | 9:21 PM · UTC-03:00 |
| 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
5 km apartBrasília and Plano Piloto are 5 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Brazil. Plano Piloto keeps time the same time as Brasília.
Brasília has 2,009,021 more people — 11.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Brasília or Plano Piloto?
- Brasília is the larger city by population, with 2,207,718 people to 198,697 in Plano Piloto — a difference of 2,009,021. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Brasília and Plano Piloto?
- 5 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Brazil. Plano Piloto keeps time the same time as Brasília.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Brasília or Plano Piloto?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Brasília is the larger of the two, with 2,207,718 people to 198,697 in Plano Piloto. 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 Brasília and Plano Piloto both currently sit at $0.
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