Head to head
Istanbul vs São Paulo
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Istanbul is the larger of the two, with 15,701,602 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 Istanbul is the larger of the two, with 15,701,602 people to 12,400,232 in São Paulo. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Istanbul nor São Paulo has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Istanbul | São Paulo |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 15,701,602 | 12,400,232 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 1st largest |
| Country | Turkey | Brazil |
| Region | Istanbul | São Paulo |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:21 AM · UTC+03:00 | 9:21 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
10,582 km apartIstanbul and São Paulo are 10,582 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Istanbul is in Turkey; São Paulo is in Brazil. São Paulo keeps time 6 hours behind Istanbul.
Istanbul has 3,301,370 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Istanbul or São Paulo?
- Istanbul is the larger city by population, with 15,701,602 people to 12,400,232 in São Paulo — a difference of 3,301,370. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Istanbul and São Paulo?
- 10,582 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Istanbul is in Turkey and São Paulo is in Brazil. São Paulo keeps time 6 hours behind Istanbul.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Istanbul or São Paulo?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Istanbul is the larger of the two, with 15,701,602 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 Istanbul and São Paulo both currently sit at $0.
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