Head to head
Matola vs Beira
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Matola is the larger of the two, with 1,198,988 people to 687,764 in Beira. 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 Matola is the larger of the two, with 1,198,988 people to 687,764 in Beira. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Matola nor Beira has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Mozambique| Metric | Matola | Beira |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,198,988 | 687,764 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Mozambique | Mozambique |
| Region | Maputo Province | Sofala |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:16 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:16 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
723 km apartMatola and Beira are 723 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Mozambique. Beira keeps time the same time as Matola.
Matola has 511,224 more people — 1.7× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Matola or Beira?
- Matola is the larger city by population, with 1,198,988 people to 687,764 in Beira — a difference of 511,224. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Matola and Beira?
- 723 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Mozambique. Beira keeps time the same time as Matola.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Matola or Beira?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Matola is the larger of the two, with 1,198,988 people to 687,764 in Beira. 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 Matola and Beira both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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