Head to head
Amsterdam vs Groningen
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Amsterdam is the larger of the two, with 741,636 people to 244,807 in Groningen. 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 Amsterdam is the larger of the two, with 741,636 people to 244,807 in Groningen. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Amsterdam nor Groningen has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
The Netherlands| Metric | Amsterdam | Groningen |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 741,636 | 244,807 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | The Netherlands | The Netherlands |
| Region | North Holland | Groningen |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:18 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:18 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
147 km apartAmsterdam and Groningen are 147 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in The Netherlands. Groningen keeps time the same time as Amsterdam.
Amsterdam has 496,829 more people — 3.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Amsterdam or Groningen?
- Amsterdam is the larger city by population, with 741,636 people to 244,807 in Groningen — a difference of 496,829. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Amsterdam and Groningen?
- 147 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in The Netherlands. Groningen keeps time the same time as Amsterdam.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Amsterdam or Groningen?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Amsterdam is the larger of the two, with 741,636 people to 244,807 in Groningen. 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 Amsterdam and Groningen both currently sit at $0.
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