Head to head
Lagos vs São Paulo
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Lagos is the larger of the two, with 15,388,000 people to 12,400,232 in São Paulo. 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 Lagos is the larger of the two, with 15,388,000 people to 12,400,232 in São Paulo. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Lagos nor São Paulo has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Lagos | São Paulo |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 15,388,000 | 12,400,232 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 1st largest |
| Country | Nigeria | Brazil |
| Region | Lagos | São Paulo |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:48 AM · UTC+01:00 | 10:48 PM · 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
6,371 km apartLagos and São Paulo are 6,371 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Lagos is in Nigeria; São Paulo is in Brazil. São Paulo keeps time 4 hours behind Lagos.
Lagos has 2,987,768 more people — 1.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Lagos or São Paulo?
- Lagos is the larger city by population, with 15,388,000 people to 12,400,232 in São Paulo — a difference of 2,987,768. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Lagos and São Paulo?
- 6,371 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Lagos is in Nigeria and São Paulo is in Brazil. São Paulo keeps time 4 hours behind Lagos.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Lagos or São Paulo?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Lagos is the larger of the two, with 15,388,000 people to 12,400,232 in São Paulo. 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 Lagos and São Paulo both currently sit at $0.
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