Head to head
Herāt vs Kandahār
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Herāt is the larger of the two, with 574,300 people to 523,300 in Kandahār. 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 Herāt is the larger of the two, with 574,300 people to 523,300 in Kandahār. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Herāt nor Kandahār has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Afghanistan| Metric | Herāt | Kandahār |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 574,300 | 523,300 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Afghanistan | Afghanistan |
| Region | Herat | Kandahar |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:24 AM · UTC+04:30 | 3:24 AM · UTC+04:30 |
| 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
447 km apartHerāt and Kandahār are 447 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Afghanistan. Kandahār keeps time the same time as Herāt.
Herāt has 51,000 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Herāt or Kandahār?
- Herāt is the larger city by population, with 574,300 people to 523,300 in Kandahār — a difference of 51,000. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Herāt and Kandahār?
- 447 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Afghanistan. Kandahār keeps time the same time as Herāt.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Herāt or Kandahār?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Herāt is the larger of the two, with 574,300 people to 523,300 in Kandahār. 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 Herāt and Kandahār both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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