Head to head
Johannesburg vs Weifang
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Johannesburg is the larger of the two, with 9,418,183 people to 9,386,705 in Weifang. 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 Johannesburg is the larger of the two, with 9,418,183 people to 9,386,705 in Weifang. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Johannesburg nor Weifang has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Johannesburg | Weifang |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 9,418,183 | 9,386,705 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 10th largest |
| Country | South Africa | China |
| Region | Gauteng | Shandong |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 9:48 PM · UTC+02:00 | 3:48 AM · UTC+08:00 |
| 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
11,797 km apartJohannesburg and Weifang are 11,797 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Johannesburg is in South Africa; Weifang is in China. Weifang keeps time 6 hours ahead of Johannesburg.
Johannesburg has 31,478 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Johannesburg or Weifang?
- Johannesburg is the larger city by population, with 9,418,183 people to 9,386,705 in Weifang — a difference of 31,478. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Johannesburg and Weifang?
- 11,797 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Johannesburg is in South Africa and Weifang is in China. Weifang keeps time 6 hours ahead of Johannesburg.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Johannesburg or Weifang?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Johannesburg is the larger of the two, with 9,418,183 people to 9,386,705 in Weifang. 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 Johannesburg and Weifang both currently sit at $0.
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