Head to head
Turin vs Palermo
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Turin is the larger of the two, with 847,287 people to 648,260 in Palermo. 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 Turin is the larger of the two, with 847,287 people to 648,260 in Palermo. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Turin nor Palermo has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Italy| Metric | Turin | Palermo |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 847,287 | 648,260 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Italy | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont | Sicily |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:17 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:17 AM · UTC+02:00 |
| 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
905 km apartTurin and Palermo are 905 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Italy. Palermo keeps time the same time as Turin.
Turin has 199,027 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Turin or Palermo?
- Turin is the larger city by population, with 847,287 people to 648,260 in Palermo — a difference of 199,027. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Turin and Palermo?
- 905 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Italy. Palermo keeps time the same time as Turin.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Turin or Palermo?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Turin is the larger of the two, with 847,287 people to 648,260 in Palermo. 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 Turin and Palermo both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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