Head to head
Rabat vs Marrakesh
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Rabat is the larger of the two, with 1,655,753 people to 995,871 in Marrakesh. 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 Rabat is the larger of the two, with 1,655,753 people to 995,871 in Marrakesh. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Rabat nor Marrakesh has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Morocco| Metric | Rabat | Marrakesh |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,655,753 | 995,871 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Morocco | Morocco |
| Region | Rabat-Salé-Kénitra | Marrakesh-Safi |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 11:52 PM · UTC+01:00 | 11:52 PM · UTC+01:00 |
| 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
286 km apartRabat and Marrakesh are 286 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Morocco. Marrakesh keeps time the same time as Rabat.
Rabat has 659,882 more people — 1.7× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Rabat or Marrakesh?
- Rabat is the larger city by population, with 1,655,753 people to 995,871 in Marrakesh — a difference of 659,882. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Rabat and Marrakesh?
- 286 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Morocco. Marrakesh keeps time the same time as Rabat.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Rabat or Marrakesh?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Rabat is the larger of the two, with 1,655,753 people to 995,871 in Marrakesh. 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 Rabat and Marrakesh both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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