Head to head
Makkah vs Madinah
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Makkah is the larger of the two, with 1,578,722 people to 1,300,000 in Madinah. 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 Makkah is the larger of the two, with 1,578,722 people to 1,300,000 in Madinah. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Makkah nor Madinah has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Saudi Arabia| Metric | Makkah | Madinah |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,578,722 | 1,300,000 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia |
| Region | Mecca Region | Medina Region |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 4:46 AM · UTC+03:00 | 4:46 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
339 km apartMakkah and Madinah are 339 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Saudi Arabia. Madinah keeps time the same time as Makkah.
Makkah has 278,722 more people — 1.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Makkah or Madinah?
- Makkah is the larger city by population, with 1,578,722 people to 1,300,000 in Madinah — a difference of 278,722. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Makkah and Madinah?
- 339 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Saudi Arabia. Madinah keeps time the same time as Makkah.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Makkah or Madinah?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Makkah is the larger of the two, with 1,578,722 people to 1,300,000 in Madinah. 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 Makkah and Madinah both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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