Head to head
San Juan vs Ponce
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population San Juan is the larger of the two, with 418,140 people to 137,491 in Ponce. 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 San Juan is the larger of the two, with 418,140 people to 137,491 in Ponce. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither San Juan nor Ponce has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Puerto Rico| Metric | San Juan | Ponce |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 418,140 | 137,491 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico |
| Region | San Juan | Ponce |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 8:18 PM · UTC-04:00 | 8:18 PM · UTC-04:00 |
| 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
75 km apartSan Juan and Ponce are 75 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Puerto Rico. Ponce keeps time the same time as San Juan.
San Juan has 280,649 more people — 3.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, San Juan or Ponce?
- San Juan is the larger city by population, with 418,140 people to 137,491 in Ponce — a difference of 280,649. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are San Juan and Ponce?
- 75 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Puerto Rico. Ponce keeps time the same time as San Juan.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, San Juan or Ponce?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population San Juan is the larger of the two, with 418,140 people to 137,491 in Ponce. 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 San Juan and Ponce both currently sit at $0.
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