Head to head
Hamburg vs Munich
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Hamburg is the larger of the two, with 1,973,896 people to 1,505,005 in Munich. 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 Hamburg is the larger of the two, with 1,973,896 people to 1,505,005 in Munich. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Hamburg nor Munich has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Germany| Metric | Hamburg | Munich |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,973,896 | 1,505,005 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Germany | Germany |
| Region | Hamburg | Bavaria |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:52 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:52 AM · UTC+02:00 |
| 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
612 km apartHamburg and Munich are 612 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Germany. Munich keeps time the same time as Hamburg.
Hamburg has 468,891 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Hamburg or Munich?
- Hamburg is the larger city by population, with 1,973,896 people to 1,505,005 in Munich — a difference of 468,891. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Hamburg and Munich?
- 612 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Germany. Munich keeps time the same time as Hamburg.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Hamburg or Munich?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Hamburg is the larger of the two, with 1,973,896 people to 1,505,005 in Munich. 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 Hamburg and Munich both currently sit at $0.
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