Head to head
Saint Petersburg vs Alexandria
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Saint Petersburg is the larger of the two, with 5,351,935 people to 5,263,542 in Alexandria. 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 Saint Petersburg is the larger of the two, with 5,351,935 people to 5,263,542 in Alexandria. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Saint Petersburg nor Alexandria has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Saint Petersburg | Alexandria |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 5,351,935 | 5,263,542 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Russia | Egypt |
| Region | St.-Petersburg | Alexandria |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 10:48 PM · UTC+03:00 | 10:48 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
3,196 km apartSaint Petersburg and Alexandria are 3,196 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Saint Petersburg is in Russia; Alexandria is in Egypt. Alexandria keeps time the same time as Saint Petersburg.
Saint Petersburg has 88,393 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Saint Petersburg or Alexandria?
- Saint Petersburg is the larger city by population, with 5,351,935 people to 5,263,542 in Alexandria — a difference of 88,393. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Saint Petersburg and Alexandria?
- 3,196 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Saint Petersburg is in Russia and Alexandria is in Egypt. Alexandria keeps time the same time as Saint Petersburg.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Saint Petersburg or Alexandria?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Saint Petersburg is the larger of the two, with 5,351,935 people to 5,263,542 in Alexandria. 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 Saint Petersburg and Alexandria both currently sit at $0.
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