Head to head
Dubai vs Yokohama
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Dubai is the larger of the two, with 3,790,000 people to 3,777,491 in Yokohama. 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 Dubai is the larger of the two, with 3,790,000 people to 3,777,491 in Yokohama. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Dubai nor Yokohama has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Dubai | Yokohama |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 3,790,000 | 3,777,491 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | United Arab Emirates | Japan |
| Region | Dubai | Kanagawa |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 11:48 PM · UTC+04:00 | 4:48 AM · UTC+09:00 |
| 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
7,942 km apartDubai and Yokohama are 7,942 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Dubai is in the United Arab Emirates; Yokohama is in Japan. Yokohama keeps time 5 hours ahead of Dubai.
Dubai has 12,509 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Dubai or Yokohama?
- Dubai is the larger city by population, with 3,790,000 people to 3,777,491 in Yokohama — a difference of 12,509. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Dubai and Yokohama?
- 7,942 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Dubai is in the United Arab Emirates and Yokohama is in Japan. Yokohama keeps time 5 hours ahead of Dubai.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Dubai or Yokohama?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Dubai is the larger of the two, with 3,790,000 people to 3,777,491 in Yokohama. 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 Dubai and Yokohama both currently sit at $0.
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