Head to head
Peshawar vs Faisalabad
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Peshawar is the larger of the two, with 4,758,762 people to 3,800,193 in Faisalabad. 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 Peshawar is the larger of the two, with 4,758,762 people to 3,800,193 in Faisalabad. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Peshawar nor Faisalabad has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Pakistan| Metric | Peshawar | Faisalabad |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 4,758,762 | 3,800,193 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Pakistan | Pakistan |
| Region | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Punjab |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 5:20 AM · UTC+05:00 | 5:20 AM · UTC+05:00 |
| 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
321 km apartPeshawar and Faisalabad are 321 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Pakistan. Faisalabad keeps time the same time as Peshawar.
Peshawar has 958,569 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Peshawar or Faisalabad?
- Peshawar is the larger city by population, with 4,758,762 people to 3,800,193 in Faisalabad — a difference of 958,569. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Peshawar and Faisalabad?
- 321 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Pakistan. Faisalabad keeps time the same time as Peshawar.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Peshawar or Faisalabad?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Peshawar is the larger of the two, with 4,758,762 people to 3,800,193 in Faisalabad. 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 Peshawar and Faisalabad both currently sit at $0.
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