Head to head
Ho Chi Minh City vs Huế
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Ho Chi Minh City is the larger of the two, with 14,002,598 people to 1,380,000 in Huế. 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 Ho Chi Minh City is the larger of the two, with 14,002,598 people to 1,380,000 in Huế. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Ho Chi Minh City nor Huế has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Vietnam| Metric | Ho Chi Minh City | Huế |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 14,002,598 | 1,380,000 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Vietnam | Vietnam |
| Region | Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) | Thừa Thiên Huế Province |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 5:57 AM · UTC+07:00 | 5:57 AM · UTC+07:00 |
| 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
636 km apartHo Chi Minh City and Huế are 636 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Vietnam. Huế keeps time the same time as Ho Chi Minh City.
Ho Chi Minh City has 12,622,598 more people — 10.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Ho Chi Minh City or Huế?
- Ho Chi Minh City is the larger city by population, with 14,002,598 people to 1,380,000 in Huế — a difference of 12,622,598. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Ho Chi Minh City and Huế?
- 636 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Vietnam. Huế keeps time the same time as Ho Chi Minh City.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Ho Chi Minh City or Huế?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Ho Chi Minh City is the larger of the two, with 14,002,598 people to 1,380,000 in Huế. 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 Ho Chi Minh City and Huế both currently sit at $0.
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