Head to head
Kabul vs Kandahār
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kabul is the larger of the two, with 4,434,550 people to 523,300 in Kandahār. 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 Kabul is the larger of the two, with 4,434,550 people to 523,300 in Kandahār. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Kabul nor Kandahār has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Afghanistan| Metric | Kabul | Kandahār |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 4,434,550 | 523,300 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Afghanistan | Afghanistan |
| Region | Kabul | Kandahar |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:24 AM · UTC+04:30 | 3:24 AM · UTC+04:30 |
| 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
457 km apartKabul and Kandahār are 457 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Afghanistan. Kandahār keeps time the same time as Kabul.
Kabul has 3,911,250 more people — 8.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Kabul or Kandahār?
- Kabul is the larger city by population, with 4,434,550 people to 523,300 in Kandahār — a difference of 3,911,250. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Kabul and Kandahār?
- 457 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Afghanistan. Kandahār keeps time the same time as Kabul.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Kabul or Kandahār?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kabul is the larger of the two, with 4,434,550 people to 523,300 in Kandahār. 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 Kabul and Kandahār both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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