Head to head
Melbourne vs Perth
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Melbourne is the larger of the two, with 5,435,590 people to 2,384,371 in Perth. 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 Melbourne is the larger of the two, with 5,435,590 people to 2,384,371 in Perth. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Melbourne nor Perth has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Australia| Metric | Melbourne | Perth |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 5,435,590 | 2,384,371 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Australia | Australia |
| Region | Victoria | Western Australia |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 10:12 AM · UTC+10:00 | 8:12 AM · UTC+08:00 |
| 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
2,721 km apartMelbourne and Perth are 2,721 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Australia. Perth keeps time 2 hours behind Melbourne.
Melbourne has 3,051,219 more people — 2.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Melbourne or Perth?
- Melbourne is the larger city by population, with 5,435,590 people to 2,384,371 in Perth — a difference of 3,051,219. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Melbourne and Perth?
- 2,721 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Australia. Perth keeps time 2 hours behind Melbourne.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Melbourne or Perth?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Melbourne is the larger of the two, with 5,435,590 people to 2,384,371 in Perth. 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 Melbourne and Perth both currently sit at $0.
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