Head to head
Rome vs Palermo
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Rome is the larger of the two, with 2,318,895 people to 648,260 in Palermo. 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 Rome is the larger of the two, with 2,318,895 people to 648,260 in Palermo. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Rome nor Palermo has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Italy| Metric | Rome | Palermo |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,318,895 | 648,260 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Italy | Italy |
| Region | Lazio | Sicily |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:51 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:51 AM · UTC+02:00 |
| 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
426 km apartRome and Palermo are 426 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Italy. Palermo keeps time the same time as Rome.
Rome has 1,670,635 more people — 3.6× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Rome or Palermo?
- Rome is the larger city by population, with 2,318,895 people to 648,260 in Palermo — a difference of 1,670,635. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Rome and Palermo?
- 426 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Italy. Palermo keeps time the same time as Rome.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Rome or Palermo?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Rome is the larger of the two, with 2,318,895 people to 648,260 in Palermo. 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 Rome and Palermo both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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