Head to head
Damascus vs Homs
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Damascus is the larger of the two, with 1,569,394 people to 775,404 in Homs. 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 Damascus is the larger of the two, with 1,569,394 people to 775,404 in Homs. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Damascus nor Homs has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Syria| Metric | Damascus | Homs |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,569,394 | 775,404 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Syria | Syria |
| Region | Damascus Governorate | Homs |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:53 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:53 AM · 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
141 km apartDamascus and Homs are 141 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Syria. Homs keeps time the same time as Damascus.
Damascus has 793,990 more people — 2.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Damascus or Homs?
- Damascus is the larger city by population, with 1,569,394 people to 775,404 in Homs — a difference of 793,990. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Damascus and Homs?
- 141 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Syria. Homs keeps time the same time as Damascus.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Damascus or Homs?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Damascus is the larger of the two, with 1,569,394 people to 775,404 in Homs. 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 Damascus and Homs both currently sit at $0.
Related comparisons
6Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
Also here: cities trending right now, the closest battles on the board and every other comparison.