Head to head
Valencia vs Sevilla
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Valencia is the larger of the two, with 824,340 people to 686,741 in Sevilla. 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 Valencia is the larger of the two, with 824,340 people to 686,741 in Sevilla. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Valencia nor Sevilla has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Spain| Metric | Valencia | Sevilla |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 824,340 | 686,741 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Spain | Spain |
| Region | Valencia | Andalusia |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:21 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:21 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
540 km apartValencia and Sevilla are 540 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Spain. Sevilla keeps time the same time as Valencia.
Valencia has 137,599 more people — 1.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Valencia or Sevilla?
- Valencia is the larger city by population, with 824,340 people to 686,741 in Sevilla — a difference of 137,599. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Valencia and Sevilla?
- 540 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Spain. Sevilla keeps time the same time as Valencia.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Valencia or Sevilla?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Valencia is the larger of the two, with 824,340 people to 686,741 in Sevilla. 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 Valencia and Sevilla both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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