Head to head
Xi’an vs Johannesburg
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Xi’an is the larger of the two, with 9,600,000 people to 9,418,183 in Johannesburg. 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 Xi’an is the larger of the two, with 9,600,000 people to 9,418,183 in Johannesburg. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Xi’an nor Johannesburg has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Two countries| Metric | Xi’an | Johannesburg |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 9,600,000 | 9,418,183 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 9th largest | 1st largest |
| Country | China | South Africa |
| Region | Shaanxi | Gauteng |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:48 AM · UTC+08:00 | 9:48 PM · 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
10,845 km apartXi’an and Johannesburg are 10,845 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Xi’an is in China; Johannesburg is in South Africa. Johannesburg keeps time 6 hours behind Xi’an.
Xi’an has 181,817 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Xi’an or Johannesburg?
- Xi’an is the larger city by population, with 9,600,000 people to 9,418,183 in Johannesburg — a difference of 181,817. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Xi’an and Johannesburg?
- 10,845 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Xi’an is in China and Johannesburg is in South Africa. Johannesburg keeps time 6 hours behind Xi’an.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Xi’an or Johannesburg?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Xi’an is the larger of the two, with 9,600,000 people to 9,418,183 in Johannesburg. 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 Xi’an and Johannesburg both currently sit at $0.
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