Head to head
Jeddah vs Riyadh
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Jeddah is the larger of the two, with 4,697,000 people to 4,205,961 in Riyadh. 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 Jeddah is the larger of the two, with 4,697,000 people to 4,205,961 in Riyadh. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Jeddah nor Riyadh has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Saudi Arabia| Metric | Jeddah | Riyadh |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 4,697,000 | 4,205,961 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia |
| Region | Mecca Region | Riyadh Region |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:51 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:51 AM · 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
849 km apartJeddah and Riyadh are 849 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Saudi Arabia. Riyadh keeps time the same time as Jeddah.
Jeddah has 491,039 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Jeddah or Riyadh?
- Jeddah is the larger city by population, with 4,697,000 people to 4,205,961 in Riyadh — a difference of 491,039. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Jeddah and Riyadh?
- 849 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Saudi Arabia. Riyadh keeps time the same time as Jeddah.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Jeddah or Riyadh?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Jeddah is the larger of the two, with 4,697,000 people to 4,205,961 in Riyadh. 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 Jeddah and Riyadh both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
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