Head to head
Lisbon vs Porto
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Lisbon is the larger of the two, with 517,802 people to 252,687 in Porto. 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 Lisbon is the larger of the two, with 517,802 people to 252,687 in Porto. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Lisbon nor Porto has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Portugal| Metric | Lisbon | Porto |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 517,802 | 252,687 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Portugal | Portugal |
| Region | Lisbon | Porto |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 11:53 PM · UTC+01:00 | 11:53 PM · UTC+01:00 |
| 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
273 km apartLisbon and Porto are 273 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Portugal. Porto keeps time the same time as Lisbon.
Lisbon has 265,115 more people — 2.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Lisbon or Porto?
- Lisbon is the larger city by population, with 517,802 people to 252,687 in Porto — a difference of 265,115. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Lisbon and Porto?
- 273 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Portugal. Porto keeps time the same time as Lisbon.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Lisbon or Porto?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Lisbon is the larger of the two, with 517,802 people to 252,687 in Porto. 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 Lisbon and Porto both currently sit at $0.
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