Head to head
Belgrade vs Niš
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Belgrade is the larger of the two, with 1,273,651 people to 250,000 in Niš. 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 Belgrade is the larger of the two, with 1,273,651 people to 250,000 in Niš. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Belgrade nor Niš has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Serbia| Metric | Belgrade | Niš |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,273,651 | 250,000 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Serbia | Serbia |
| Region | Central Serbia | Central Serbia |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:51 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:51 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
201 km apartBelgrade and Niš are 201 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Serbia. Niš keeps time the same time as Belgrade.
Belgrade has 1,023,651 more people — 5.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Belgrade or Niš?
- Belgrade is the larger city by population, with 1,273,651 people to 250,000 in Niš — a difference of 1,023,651. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Belgrade and Niš?
- 201 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Serbia. Niš keeps time the same time as Belgrade.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Belgrade or Niš?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Belgrade is the larger of the two, with 1,273,651 people to 250,000 in Niš. 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 Belgrade and Niš both currently sit at $0.
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