Head to head
Jerusalem vs Tel Aviv
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 432,892 in Tel Aviv. 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 432,892 in Tel Aviv. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Jerusalem nor Tel Aviv has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Israel| Metric | Jerusalem | Tel Aviv |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 971,800 | 432,892 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Israel | Israel |
| Region | Jerusalem | Tel Aviv |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:52 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:52 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
54 km apartJerusalem and Tel Aviv are 54 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Israel. Tel Aviv keeps time the same time as Jerusalem.
Jerusalem has 538,908 more people — 2.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Jerusalem or Tel Aviv?
- Jerusalem is the larger city by population, with 971,800 people to 432,892 in Tel Aviv — a difference of 538,908. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Jerusalem and Tel Aviv?
- 54 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Israel. Tel Aviv keeps time the same time as Jerusalem.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Jerusalem or Tel Aviv?
- 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 432,892 in Tel Aviv. 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 Tel Aviv both currently sit at $0.
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