Head to head
Athens vs Lárisa
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Athens is the larger of the two, with 664,046 people to 146,926 in Lárisa. 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 Athens is the larger of the two, with 664,046 people to 146,926 in Lárisa. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Athens nor Lárisa has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Greece| Metric | Athens | Lárisa |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 664,046 | 146,926 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Greece | Greece |
| Region | Attica | Thessaly |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:52 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:52 AM · 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
215 km apartAthens and Lárisa are 215 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Greece. Lárisa keeps time the same time as Athens.
Athens has 517,120 more people — 4.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Athens or Lárisa?
- Athens is the larger city by population, with 664,046 people to 146,926 in Lárisa — a difference of 517,120. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Athens and Lárisa?
- 215 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Greece. Lárisa keeps time the same time as Athens.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Athens or Lárisa?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Athens is the larger of the two, with 664,046 people to 146,926 in Lárisa. 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 Athens and Lárisa both currently sit at $0.
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