Head to head
Lahore vs Mumbai
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Lahore is the larger of the two, with 13,004,135 people to 12,691,836 in Mumbai. 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 Lahore is the larger of the two, with 13,004,135 people to 12,691,836 in Mumbai. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Lahore nor Mumbai has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Lahore | Mumbai |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 13,004,135 | 12,691,836 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 1st largest |
| Country | Pakistan | India |
| Region | Punjab | Maharashtra |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:48 AM · UTC+05:00 | 1:18 AM · UTC+05:30 |
| 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
1,396 km apartLahore and Mumbai are 1,396 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Lahore is in Pakistan; Mumbai is in India. Mumbai keeps time 30 minutes ahead of Lahore.
Lahore has 312,299 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Lahore or Mumbai?
- Lahore is the larger city by population, with 13,004,135 people to 12,691,836 in Mumbai — a difference of 312,299. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Lahore and Mumbai?
- 1,396 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Lahore is in Pakistan and Mumbai is in India. Mumbai keeps time 30 minutes ahead of Lahore.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Lahore or Mumbai?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Lahore is the larger of the two, with 13,004,135 people to 12,691,836 in Mumbai. 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 Lahore and Mumbai both currently sit at $0.
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