Head to head
Tegucigalpa vs San Pedro Sula
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Tegucigalpa is the larger of the two, with 850,848 people to 801,259 in San Pedro Sula. 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 Tegucigalpa is the larger of the two, with 850,848 people to 801,259 in San Pedro Sula. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Tegucigalpa nor San Pedro Sula has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Honduras| Metric | Tegucigalpa | San Pedro Sula |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 850,848 | 801,259 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Honduras | Honduras |
| Region | Francisco Morazán Department | Cortés Department |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 6:22 PM · UTC-06:00 | 6:22 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
181 km apartTegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula are 181 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Honduras. San Pedro Sula keeps time the same time as Tegucigalpa.
Tegucigalpa has 49,589 more people — 1.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Tegucigalpa or San Pedro Sula?
- Tegucigalpa is the larger city by population, with 850,848 people to 801,259 in San Pedro Sula — a difference of 49,589. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula?
- 181 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Honduras. San Pedro Sula keeps time the same time as Tegucigalpa.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Tegucigalpa or San Pedro Sula?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Tegucigalpa is the larger of the two, with 850,848 people to 801,259 in San Pedro Sula. 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 Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula both currently sit at $0.
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