Head to head
Chengdu vs São Paulo
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Chengdu is the larger of the two, with 13,568,357 people to 12,400,232 in São Paulo. 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 Chengdu is the larger of the two, with 13,568,357 people to 12,400,232 in São Paulo. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Chengdu nor São Paulo has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Chengdu | São Paulo |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 13,568,357 | 12,400,232 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 5th largest | 1st largest |
| Country | China | Brazil |
| Region | Sichuan | São Paulo |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 9:48 AM · UTC+08:00 | 10:48 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
17,019 km apartChengdu and São Paulo are 17,019 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Chengdu is in China; São Paulo is in Brazil. São Paulo keeps time 11 hours behind Chengdu.
Chengdu has 1,168,125 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Chengdu or São Paulo?
- Chengdu is the larger city by population, with 13,568,357 people to 12,400,232 in São Paulo — a difference of 1,168,125. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Chengdu and São Paulo?
- 17,019 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Chengdu is in China and São Paulo is in Brazil. São Paulo keeps time 11 hours behind Chengdu.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Chengdu or São Paulo?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Chengdu is the larger of the two, with 13,568,357 people to 12,400,232 in São Paulo. 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 Chengdu and São Paulo both currently sit at $0.
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