Head to head
Surabaya vs Bandung
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Surabaya is the larger of the two, with 3,018,022 people to 2,528,163 in Bandung. 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 Surabaya is the larger of the two, with 3,018,022 people to 2,528,163 in Bandung. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Surabaya nor Bandung has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Indonesia| Metric | Surabaya | Bandung |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 3,018,022 | 2,528,163 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Indonesia | Indonesia |
| Region | East Java | West Java |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 5:57 AM · UTC+07:00 | 5:57 AM · UTC+07:00 |
| 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
569 km apartSurabaya and Bandung are 569 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Indonesia. Bandung keeps time the same time as Surabaya.
Surabaya has 489,859 more people — 1.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Surabaya or Bandung?
- Surabaya is the larger city by population, with 3,018,022 people to 2,528,163 in Bandung — a difference of 489,859. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Surabaya and Bandung?
- 569 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Indonesia. Bandung keeps time the same time as Surabaya.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Surabaya or Bandung?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Surabaya is the larger of the two, with 3,018,022 people to 2,528,163 in Bandung. 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 Surabaya and Bandung both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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