Head to head
São Paulo vs Rio de Janeiro
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population São Paulo is the larger of the two, with 12,400,232 people to 6,747,815 in Rio de Janeiro. 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 São Paulo is the larger of the two, with 12,400,232 people to 6,747,815 in Rio de Janeiro. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither São Paulo nor Rio de Janeiro has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Brazil| Metric | São Paulo | Rio de Janeiro |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 12,400,232 | 6,747,815 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Brazil | Brazil |
| Region | São Paulo | Rio de Janeiro |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 9:21 PM · UTC-03:00 | 9:21 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
360 km apartSão Paulo and Rio de Janeiro are 360 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Brazil. Rio de Janeiro keeps time the same time as São Paulo.
São Paulo has 5,652,417 more people — 1.8× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, São Paulo or Rio de Janeiro?
- São Paulo is the larger city by population, with 12,400,232 people to 6,747,815 in Rio de Janeiro — a difference of 5,652,417. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro?
- 360 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Brazil. Rio de Janeiro keeps time the same time as São Paulo.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, São Paulo or Rio de Janeiro?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population São Paulo is the larger of the two, with 12,400,232 people to 6,747,815 in Rio de Janeiro. 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 São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro both currently sit at $0.
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