Head to head
Quezon City vs San Juan
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Quezon City is the larger of the two, with 3,084,270 people to 134,312 in San Juan. 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 Quezon City is the larger of the two, with 3,084,270 people to 134,312 in San Juan. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Quezon City nor San Juan has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
the Philippines| Metric | Quezon City | San Juan |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 3,084,270 | 134,312 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 100th largest |
| Country | Philippines | Philippines |
| Region | National Capital Region | National Capital Region |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:57 AM · UTC+08:00 | 6:57 AM · UTC+08:00 |
| 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
6 km apartQuezon City and San Juan are 6 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in the Philippines. San Juan keeps time the same time as Quezon City.
Quezon City has 2,949,958 more people — 23.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Quezon City or San Juan?
- Quezon City is the larger city by population, with 3,084,270 people to 134,312 in San Juan — a difference of 2,949,958. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Quezon City and San Juan?
- 6 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in the Philippines. San Juan keeps time the same time as Quezon City.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Quezon City or San Juan?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Quezon City is the larger of the two, with 3,084,270 people to 134,312 in San Juan. 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 Quezon City and San Juan both currently sit at $0.
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4Settle it
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