Head to head
Dalian vs Hong Kong
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Dalian is the larger of the two, with 7,450,785 people to 7,396,076 in Hong Kong. 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 Dalian is the larger of the two, with 7,450,785 people to 7,396,076 in Hong Kong. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Dalian nor Hong Kong has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Dalian | Hong Kong |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 7,450,785 | 7,396,076 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 15th largest | 1st largest |
| Country | China | Hong Kong |
| Region | Liaoning | — |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:48 AM · UTC+08:00 | 3:48 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
1,980 km apartDalian and Hong Kong are 1,980 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Dalian is in China; Hong Kong is in Hong Kong. Hong Kong keeps time the same time as Dalian.
Dalian has 54,709 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Dalian or Hong Kong?
- Dalian is the larger city by population, with 7,450,785 people to 7,396,076 in Hong Kong — a difference of 54,709. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Dalian and Hong Kong?
- 1,980 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Dalian is in China and Hong Kong is in Hong Kong. Hong Kong keeps time the same time as Dalian.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Dalian or Hong Kong?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Dalian is the larger of the two, with 7,450,785 people to 7,396,076 in Hong Kong. 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 Dalian and Hong Kong both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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