Head to head
Christchurch vs Manukau City
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Christchurch is the larger of the two, with 419,200 people to 362,000 in Manukau City. 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 Christchurch is the larger of the two, with 419,200 people to 362,000 in Manukau City. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Christchurch nor Manukau City has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
New Zealand| Metric | Christchurch | Manukau City |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 419,200 | 362,000 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | New Zealand | New Zealand |
| Region | Canterbury | Auckland |
| 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
752 km apartChristchurch and Manukau City are 752 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in New Zealand. Manukau City keeps time the same time as Christchurch.
Christchurch has 57,200 more people — 1.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Christchurch or Manukau City?
- Christchurch is the larger city by population, with 419,200 people to 362,000 in Manukau City — a difference of 57,200. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Christchurch and Manukau City?
- 752 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in New Zealand. Manukau City keeps time the same time as Christchurch.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Christchurch or Manukau City?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Christchurch is the larger of the two, with 419,200 people to 362,000 in Manukau City. 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 Christchurch and Manukau City both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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