Head to head
Mombasa vs Ruiru
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Mombasa is the larger of the two, with 1,208,333 people to 490,120 in Ruiru. 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 Mombasa is the larger of the two, with 1,208,333 people to 490,120 in Ruiru. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Mombasa nor Ruiru has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Kenya| Metric | Mombasa | Ruiru |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,208,333 | 490,120 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Kenya | Kenya |
| Region | Mombasa County | Kiambu County |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:53 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:53 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
441 km apartMombasa and Ruiru are 441 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Kenya. Ruiru keeps time the same time as Mombasa.
Mombasa has 718,213 more people — 2.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Mombasa or Ruiru?
- Mombasa is the larger city by population, with 1,208,333 people to 490,120 in Ruiru — a difference of 718,213. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Mombasa and Ruiru?
- 441 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Kenya. Ruiru keeps time the same time as Mombasa.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Mombasa or Ruiru?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Mombasa is the larger of the two, with 1,208,333 people to 490,120 in Ruiru. 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 Mombasa and Ruiru both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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