Head to head
Ho Chi Minh City vs Mumbai
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 12,691,836 in Mumbai. 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 12,691,836 in Mumbai. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Ho Chi Minh City nor Mumbai has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Ho Chi Minh City | Mumbai |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 14,002,598 | 12,691,836 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 1st largest |
| Country | Vietnam | India |
| Region | Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) | Maharashtra |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 5:58 AM · UTC+07:00 | 4:28 AM · UTC+05:30 |
| 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
3,733 km apartHo Chi Minh City and Mumbai are 3,733 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Ho Chi Minh City is in Vietnam; Mumbai is in India. Mumbai keeps time 1 hour 30 minutes behind Ho Chi Minh City.
Ho Chi Minh City has 1,310,762 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Ho Chi Minh City or Mumbai?
- Ho Chi Minh City is the larger city by population, with 14,002,598 people to 12,691,836 in Mumbai — a difference of 1,310,762. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Ho Chi Minh City and Mumbai?
- 3,733 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Ho Chi Minh City is in Vietnam and Mumbai is in India. Mumbai keeps time 1 hour 30 minutes behind Ho Chi Minh City.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Ho Chi Minh City or Mumbai?
- 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 12,691,836 in Mumbai. 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 Mumbai both currently sit at $0.
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