Head to head
Riyadh vs Al Kharj
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Riyadh is the larger of the two, with 4,205,961 people to 425,300 in Al Kharj. 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 Riyadh is the larger of the two, with 4,205,961 people to 425,300 in Al Kharj. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Riyadh nor Al Kharj has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Saudi Arabia| Metric | Riyadh | Al Kharj |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 4,205,961 | 425,300 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 12th largest |
| Country | Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia |
| Region | Riyadh Region | Riyadh Region |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:17 AM · UTC+03:00 | 3:17 AM · 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
86 km apartRiyadh and Al Kharj are 86 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Saudi Arabia. Al Kharj keeps time the same time as Riyadh.
Riyadh has 3,780,661 more people — 9.9× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Riyadh or Al Kharj?
- Riyadh is the larger city by population, with 4,205,961 people to 425,300 in Al Kharj — a difference of 3,780,661. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Riyadh and Al Kharj?
- 86 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Saudi Arabia. Al Kharj keeps time the same time as Riyadh.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Riyadh or Al Kharj?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Riyadh is the larger of the two, with 4,205,961 people to 425,300 in Al Kharj. 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 Riyadh and Al Kharj both currently sit at $0.
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4Settle it
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