Head to head
Guatemala City vs Quetzaltenango
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Guatemala City is the larger of the two, with 994,938 people to 180,706 in Quetzaltenango. 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 Guatemala City is the larger of the two, with 994,938 people to 180,706 in Quetzaltenango. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Guatemala City nor Quetzaltenango has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Guatemala| Metric | Guatemala City | Quetzaltenango |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 994,938 | 180,706 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Guatemala | Guatemala |
| Region | Guatemala | Quetzaltenango |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 4:58 PM · UTC-06:00 | 4:58 PM · UTC-06:00 |
| 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
111 km apartGuatemala City and Quetzaltenango are 111 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Guatemala. Quetzaltenango keeps time the same time as Guatemala City.
Guatemala City has 814,232 more people — 5.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Guatemala City or Quetzaltenango?
- Guatemala City is the larger city by population, with 994,938 people to 180,706 in Quetzaltenango — a difference of 814,232. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Guatemala City and Quetzaltenango?
- 111 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Guatemala. Quetzaltenango keeps time the same time as Guatemala City.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Guatemala City or Quetzaltenango?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Guatemala City is the larger of the two, with 994,938 people to 180,706 in Quetzaltenango. 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 Guatemala City and Quetzaltenango both currently sit at $0.
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