Head to head
Riyadh vs Dammam
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 1,252,523 in Dammam. 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 1,252,523 in Dammam. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Riyadh nor Dammam has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Saudi Arabia| Metric | Riyadh | Dammam |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 4,205,961 | 1,252,523 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia |
| Region | Riyadh Region | Eastern Province |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:14 AM · UTC+03:00 | 3:14 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
391 km apartRiyadh and Dammam are 391 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Saudi Arabia. Dammam keeps time the same time as Riyadh.
Riyadh has 2,953,438 more people — 3.4× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Riyadh or Dammam?
- Riyadh is the larger city by population, with 4,205,961 people to 1,252,523 in Dammam — a difference of 2,953,438. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Riyadh and Dammam?
- 391 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Saudi Arabia. Dammam keeps time the same time as Riyadh.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Riyadh or Dammam?
- 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 1,252,523 in Dammam. 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 Dammam both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
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