Head to head
Hyderabad vs Rio de Janeiro
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Hyderabad is the larger of the two, with 6,993,262 people to 6,747,815 in Rio de Janeiro. 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 Hyderabad is the larger of the two, with 6,993,262 people to 6,747,815 in Rio de Janeiro. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Hyderabad nor Rio de Janeiro has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Hyderabad | Rio de Janeiro |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 6,993,262 | 6,747,815 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | India | Brazil |
| Region | Telangana | Rio de Janeiro |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:18 AM · UTC+05:30 | 4:48 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
13,929 km apartHyderabad and Rio de Janeiro are 13,929 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Hyderabad is in India; Rio de Janeiro is in Brazil. Rio de Janeiro keeps time 8 hours 30 minutes behind Hyderabad.
Hyderabad has 245,447 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Hyderabad or Rio de Janeiro?
- Hyderabad is the larger city by population, with 6,993,262 people to 6,747,815 in Rio de Janeiro — a difference of 245,447. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Hyderabad and Rio de Janeiro?
- 13,929 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Hyderabad is in India and Rio de Janeiro is in Brazil. Rio de Janeiro keeps time 8 hours 30 minutes behind Hyderabad.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Hyderabad or Rio de Janeiro?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Hyderabad is the larger of the two, with 6,993,262 people to 6,747,815 in Rio de Janeiro. 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 Hyderabad and Rio de Janeiro both currently sit at $0.
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