Head to head
New York City vs Los Angeles
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population New York City is the larger of the two, with 8,804,190 people to 3,820,914 in Los Angeles. 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 New York City is the larger of the two, with 8,804,190 people to 3,820,914 in Los Angeles. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither New York City nor Los Angeles has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
the United States| Metric | New York City | Los Angeles |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 8,804,190 | 3,820,914 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | United States | United States |
| Region | New York | California |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 8:21 PM · UTC-04:00 | 5:21 PM · UTC-07:00 |
| 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
3,936 km apartNew York City and Los Angeles are 3,936 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in the United States. Los Angeles keeps time 3 hours behind New York City.
New York City has 4,983,276 more people — 2.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, New York City or Los Angeles?
- New York City is the larger city by population, with 8,804,190 people to 3,820,914 in Los Angeles — a difference of 4,983,276. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are New York City and Los Angeles?
- 3,936 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in the United States. Los Angeles keeps time 3 hours behind New York City.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, New York City or Los Angeles?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population New York City is the larger of the two, with 8,804,190 people to 3,820,914 in Los Angeles. 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 New York City and Los Angeles both currently sit at $0.
Related comparisons
6Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
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