Head to head
Surabaya vs Medan
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 2,486,283 in Medan. 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 2,486,283 in Medan. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Surabaya nor Medan has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Indonesia| Metric | Surabaya | Medan |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 3,018,022 | 2,486,283 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Indonesia | Indonesia |
| Region | East Java | North Sumatra |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 5:55 AM · UTC+07:00 | 5:55 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
1,973 km apartSurabaya and Medan are 1,973 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Indonesia. Medan keeps time the same time as Surabaya.
Surabaya has 531,739 more people — 1.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Surabaya or Medan?
- Surabaya is the larger city by population, with 3,018,022 people to 2,486,283 in Medan — a difference of 531,739. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Surabaya and Medan?
- 1,973 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Indonesia. Medan keeps time the same time as Surabaya.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Surabaya or Medan?
- 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 2,486,283 in Medan. 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 Medan both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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