Head to head
Wuhan vs Moscow
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Wuhan is the larger of the two, with 10,392,693 people to 10,381,222 in Moscow. 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 Wuhan is the larger of the two, with 10,392,693 people to 10,381,222 in Moscow. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Wuhan nor Moscow has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Wuhan | Moscow |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 10,392,693 | 10,381,222 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 7th largest | 1st largest |
| Country | China | Russia |
| Region | Hubei | Moscow |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:48 AM · UTC+08:00 | 10:48 PM · UTC+03:00 |
| 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
6,430 km apartWuhan and Moscow are 6,430 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Wuhan is in China; Moscow is in Russia. Moscow keeps time 5 hours behind Wuhan.
Wuhan has 11,471 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Wuhan or Moscow?
- Wuhan is the larger city by population, with 10,392,693 people to 10,381,222 in Moscow — a difference of 11,471. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Wuhan and Moscow?
- 6,430 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Wuhan is in China and Moscow is in Russia. Moscow keeps time 5 hours behind Wuhan.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Wuhan or Moscow?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Wuhan is the larger of the two, with 10,392,693 people to 10,381,222 in Moscow. 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 Wuhan and Moscow both currently sit at $0.
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