Head to head
Milan vs Naples
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Milan is the larger of the two, with 1,371,498 people to 909,048 in Naples. 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 Milan is the larger of the two, with 1,371,498 people to 909,048 in Naples. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Milan nor Naples has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Italy| Metric | Milan | Naples |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,371,498 | 909,048 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Italy | Italy |
| Region | Lombardy | Campania |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:51 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:51 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
658 km apartMilan and Naples are 658 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Italy. Naples keeps time the same time as Milan.
Milan has 462,450 more people — 1.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Milan or Naples?
- Milan is the larger city by population, with 1,371,498 people to 909,048 in Naples — a difference of 462,450. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Milan and Naples?
- 658 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Italy. Naples keeps time the same time as Milan.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Milan or Naples?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Milan is the larger of the two, with 1,371,498 people to 909,048 in Naples. 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 Milan and Naples both currently sit at $0.
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