Head to head
Glasgow vs Manchester
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Glasgow is the larger of the two, with 626,410 people to 568,996 in Manchester. 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 Glasgow is the larger of the two, with 626,410 people to 568,996 in Manchester. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Glasgow nor Manchester has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
the United Kingdom| Metric | Glasgow | Manchester |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 626,410 | 568,996 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
| Region | Scotland | England |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:18 AM · UTC+01:00 | 1:18 AM · UTC+01:00 |
| 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
295 km apartGlasgow and Manchester are 295 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in the United Kingdom. Manchester keeps time the same time as Glasgow.
Glasgow has 57,414 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Glasgow or Manchester?
- Glasgow is the larger city by population, with 626,410 people to 568,996 in Manchester — a difference of 57,414. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Glasgow and Manchester?
- 295 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in the United Kingdom. Manchester keeps time the same time as Glasgow.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Glasgow or Manchester?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Glasgow is the larger of the two, with 626,410 people to 568,996 in Manchester. 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 Glasgow and Manchester both currently sit at $0.
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