Head to head
Århus vs Odense
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Århus is the larger of the two, with 285,273 people to 180,863 in Odense. 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 Århus is the larger of the two, with 285,273 people to 180,863 in Odense. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Århus nor Odense has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Denmark| Metric | Århus | Odense |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 285,273 | 180,863 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Denmark | Denmark |
| Region | Central Jutland | South Denmark |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:40 AM · UTC+02:00 | 3:40 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
85 km apartÅrhus and Odense are 85 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Denmark. Odense keeps time the same time as Århus.
Århus has 104,410 more people — 1.6× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Århus or Odense?
- Århus is the larger city by population, with 285,273 people to 180,863 in Odense — a difference of 104,410. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Århus and Odense?
- 85 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Denmark. Odense keeps time the same time as Århus.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Århus or Odense?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Århus is the larger of the two, with 285,273 people to 180,863 in Odense. 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 Århus and Odense both currently sit at $0.
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