Head to head
Davao vs Manila
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Davao is the larger of the two, with 1,848,947 people to 1,600,000 in Manila. 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 Davao is the larger of the two, with 1,848,947 people to 1,600,000 in Manila. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Davao nor Manila has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
the Philippines| Metric | Davao | Manila |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,848,947 | 1,600,000 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Philippines | Philippines |
| Region | Davao Region | National Capital Region |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:52 AM · UTC+08:00 | 6:52 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
978 km apartDavao and Manila are 978 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in the Philippines. Manila keeps time the same time as Davao.
Davao has 248,947 more people — 1.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Davao or Manila?
- Davao is the larger city by population, with 1,848,947 people to 1,600,000 in Manila — a difference of 248,947. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Davao and Manila?
- 978 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in the Philippines. Manila keeps time the same time as Davao.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Davao or Manila?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Davao is the larger of the two, with 1,848,947 people to 1,600,000 in Manila. 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 Davao and Manila both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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