Head to head
Riyadh vs Makkah
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 1,578,722 in Makkah. 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 1,578,722 in Makkah. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Riyadh nor Makkah has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Saudi Arabia| Metric | Riyadh | Makkah |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 4,205,961 | 1,578,722 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia |
| Region | Riyadh Region | Mecca Region |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:52 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:52 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
793 km apartRiyadh and Makkah are 793 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Saudi Arabia. Makkah keeps time the same time as Riyadh.
Riyadh has 2,627,239 more people — 2.7× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Riyadh or Makkah?
- Riyadh is the larger city by population, with 4,205,961 people to 1,578,722 in Makkah — a difference of 2,627,239. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Riyadh and Makkah?
- 793 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Saudi Arabia. Makkah keeps time the same time as Riyadh.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Riyadh or Makkah?
- 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 1,578,722 in Makkah. 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 Makkah 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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