Head to head
Mzuzu vs Zomba
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Mzuzu is the larger of the two, with 249,564 people to 118,440 in Zomba. 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 Mzuzu is the larger of the two, with 249,564 people to 118,440 in Zomba. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Mzuzu nor Zomba has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Malawi| Metric | Mzuzu | Zomba |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 249,564 | 118,440 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Malawi | Malawi |
| Region | Northern Region | Southern Region |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:20 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:20 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
458 km apartMzuzu and Zomba are 458 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Malawi. Zomba keeps time the same time as Mzuzu.
Mzuzu has 131,124 more people — 2.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Mzuzu or Zomba?
- Mzuzu is the larger city by population, with 249,564 people to 118,440 in Zomba — a difference of 131,124. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Mzuzu and Zomba?
- 458 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Malawi. Zomba keeps time the same time as Mzuzu.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Mzuzu or Zomba?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Mzuzu is the larger of the two, with 249,564 people to 118,440 in Zomba. 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 Mzuzu and Zomba both currently sit at $0.
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