Head to head
Rio de Janeiro vs Niterói
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Rio de Janeiro is the larger of the two, with 6,747,815 people to 515,317 in Niterói. 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 Rio de Janeiro is the larger of the two, with 6,747,815 people to 515,317 in Niterói. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Rio de Janeiro nor Niterói has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Brazil| Metric | Rio de Janeiro | Niterói |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 6,747,815 | 515,317 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 43rd largest |
| Country | Brazil | Brazil |
| Region | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 9:20 PM · UTC-03:00 | 9:20 PM · UTC-03:00 |
| 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
8 km apartRio de Janeiro and Niterói are 8 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Brazil. Niterói keeps time the same time as Rio de Janeiro.
Rio de Janeiro has 6,232,498 more people — 13.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Rio de Janeiro or Niterói?
- Rio de Janeiro is the larger city by population, with 6,747,815 people to 515,317 in Niterói — a difference of 6,232,498. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Rio de Janeiro and Niterói?
- 8 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Brazil. Niterói keeps time the same time as Rio de Janeiro.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Rio de Janeiro or Niterói?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Rio de Janeiro is the larger of the two, with 6,747,815 people to 515,317 in Niterói. 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 Rio de Janeiro and Niterói both currently sit at $0.
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