Head to head
San Pedro Sula vs La Ceiba
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population San Pedro Sula is the larger of the two, with 801,259 people to 215,973 in La Ceiba. 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 Pedro Sula is the larger of the two, with 801,259 people to 215,973 in La Ceiba. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither San Pedro Sula nor La Ceiba has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Honduras| Metric | San Pedro Sula | La Ceiba |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 801,259 | 215,973 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Honduras | Honduras |
| Region | Cortés Department | Atlántida Department |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 4:57 PM · UTC-06:00 | 4:57 PM · UTC-06:00 |
| 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
131 km apartSan Pedro Sula and La Ceiba are 131 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Honduras. La Ceiba keeps time the same time as San Pedro Sula.
San Pedro Sula has 585,286 more people — 3.7× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, San Pedro Sula or La Ceiba?
- San Pedro Sula is the larger city by population, with 801,259 people to 215,973 in La Ceiba — a difference of 585,286. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are San Pedro Sula and La Ceiba?
- 131 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Honduras. La Ceiba keeps time the same time as San Pedro Sula.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, San Pedro Sula or La Ceiba?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population San Pedro Sula is the larger of the two, with 801,259 people to 215,973 in La Ceiba. 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 Pedro Sula and La Ceiba both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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