Head to head
Ho Chi Minh City vs São Paulo
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 12,400,232 in São Paulo. 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 12,400,232 in São Paulo. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Ho Chi Minh City nor São Paulo has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Ho Chi Minh City | São Paulo |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 14,002,598 | 12,400,232 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 1st largest |
| Country | Vietnam | Brazil |
| Region | Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) | São Paulo |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 5:58 AM · UTC+07:00 | 7:58 PM · UTC-03:00 |
| 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
16,851 km apartHo Chi Minh City and São Paulo are 16,851 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Ho Chi Minh City is in Vietnam; São Paulo is in Brazil. São Paulo keeps time 10 hours behind Ho Chi Minh City.
Ho Chi Minh City has 1,602,366 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 São Paulo?
- Ho Chi Minh City is the larger city by population, with 14,002,598 people to 12,400,232 in São Paulo — a difference of 1,602,366. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Ho Chi Minh City and São Paulo?
- 16,851 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Ho Chi Minh City is in Vietnam and São Paulo is in Brazil. São Paulo keeps time 10 hours behind Ho Chi Minh City.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Ho Chi Minh City or São Paulo?
- 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 12,400,232 in São Paulo. 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 São Paulo both currently sit at $0.
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