Head to head
Jerusalem vs Rishon LeTsiyyon
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Jerusalem is the larger of the two, with 971,800 people to 258,535 in Rishon LeTsiyyon. 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 Jerusalem is the larger of the two, with 971,800 people to 258,535 in Rishon LeTsiyyon. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Jerusalem nor Rishon LeTsiyyon has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Israel| Metric | Jerusalem | Rishon LeTsiyyon |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 971,800 | 258,535 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Israel | Israel |
| Region | Jerusalem | Central District |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:12 AM · UTC+03:00 | 3:12 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
46 km apartJerusalem and Rishon LeTsiyyon are 46 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Israel. Rishon LeTsiyyon keeps time the same time as Jerusalem.
Jerusalem has 713,265 more people — 3.8× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Jerusalem or Rishon LeTsiyyon?
- Jerusalem is the larger city by population, with 971,800 people to 258,535 in Rishon LeTsiyyon — a difference of 713,265. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Jerusalem and Rishon LeTsiyyon?
- 46 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Israel. Rishon LeTsiyyon keeps time the same time as Jerusalem.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Jerusalem or Rishon LeTsiyyon?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Jerusalem is the larger of the two, with 971,800 people to 258,535 in Rishon LeTsiyyon. 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 Jerusalem and Rishon LeTsiyyon both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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