Head to head
Lilongwe vs Blantyre
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Lilongwe is the larger of the two, with 1,115,815 people to 902,588 in Blantyre. 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 Lilongwe is the larger of the two, with 1,115,815 people to 902,588 in Blantyre. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Lilongwe nor Blantyre has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Malawi| Metric | Lilongwe | Blantyre |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,115,815 | 902,588 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Malawi | Malawi |
| Region | Central Region | Southern Region |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:54 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:54 AM · UTC+02:00 |
| 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
241 km apartLilongwe and Blantyre are 241 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Malawi. Blantyre keeps time the same time as Lilongwe.
Lilongwe has 213,227 more people — 1.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Lilongwe or Blantyre?
- Lilongwe is the larger city by population, with 1,115,815 people to 902,588 in Blantyre — a difference of 213,227. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Lilongwe and Blantyre?
- 241 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Malawi. Blantyre keeps time the same time as Lilongwe.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Lilongwe or Blantyre?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Lilongwe is the larger of the two, with 1,115,815 people to 902,588 in Blantyre. 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 Lilongwe and Blantyre both currently sit at $0.
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4Settle it
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