Head to head
Madinah vs Dammam
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Madinah is the larger of the two, with 1,300,000 people to 1,252,523 in Dammam. 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 Madinah is the larger of the two, with 1,300,000 people to 1,252,523 in Dammam. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Madinah nor Dammam has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Saudi Arabia| Metric | Madinah | Dammam |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,300,000 | 1,252,523 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia |
| Region | Medina Region | Eastern Province |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:56 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:56 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
1,075 km apartMadinah and Dammam are 1,075 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Saudi Arabia. Dammam keeps time the same time as Madinah.
Madinah has 47,477 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Madinah or Dammam?
- Madinah is the larger city by population, with 1,300,000 people to 1,252,523 in Dammam — a difference of 47,477. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Madinah and Dammam?
- 1,075 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Saudi Arabia. Dammam keeps time the same time as Madinah.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Madinah or Dammam?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Madinah is the larger of the two, with 1,300,000 people to 1,252,523 in Dammam. 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 Madinah and Dammam both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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