Concerning today's question:
City A: Town hall at 38, 4,724 maximum citizens, temple at 38, 72 priests hired
City B: Town hall at 26, 2690 maximum citizens, temple at 33, 922 priests hired
City C: Town hall at 32, 3660 maximum citizens, temple at 40, 1527 priests hired
City D: Town hall at 33, 3820 maximum citizens, temple at 38, 962 priests hired
City E: Town hall at 44, 5924 maximum citizens, temple at 40, 178 priests hired
In order to be able to build a temple, one needs polytheism, which requires well construction a few steps back, and yet the numbers of maximum citizens are just of the level without any research boost (for city D it is 10 less).