Head to head
Kakamega vs Mombasa
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kakamega is the larger of the two, with 1,867,579 people to 1,208,333 in Mombasa. 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 Kakamega is the larger of the two, with 1,867,579 people to 1,208,333 in Mombasa. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Kakamega nor Mombasa has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Kenya| Metric | Kakamega | Mombasa |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,867,579 | 1,208,333 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Kenya | Kenya |
| Region | Kakamega County | Mombasa County |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:57 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:57 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
728 km apartKakamega and Mombasa are 728 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Kenya. Mombasa keeps time the same time as Kakamega.
Kakamega has 659,246 more people — 1.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Kakamega or Mombasa?
- Kakamega is the larger city by population, with 1,867,579 people to 1,208,333 in Mombasa — a difference of 659,246. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Kakamega and Mombasa?
- 728 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Kenya. Mombasa keeps time the same time as Kakamega.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Kakamega or Mombasa?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kakamega is the larger of the two, with 1,867,579 people to 1,208,333 in Mombasa. 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 Kakamega and Mombasa both currently sit at $0.
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