Head to head
Athens vs Piraeus
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 163,688 in Piraeus. 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 163,688 in Piraeus. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Athens nor Piraeus has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Greece| Metric | Athens | Piraeus |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 664,046 | 163,688 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Greece | Greece |
| Region | Attica | Attica |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:51 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:51 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
9 km apartAthens and Piraeus are 9 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Greece. Piraeus keeps time the same time as Athens.
Athens has 500,358 more people — 4.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Athens or Piraeus?
- Athens is the larger city by population, with 664,046 people to 163,688 in Piraeus — a difference of 500,358. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Athens and Piraeus?
- 9 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Greece. Piraeus keeps time the same time as Athens.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Athens or Piraeus?
- 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 163,688 in Piraeus. 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 Piraeus both currently sit at $0.
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