Head to head
Belgrade vs Novi Sad
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 215,400 in Novi Sad. 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 215,400 in Novi Sad. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Belgrade nor Novi Sad has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Serbia| Metric | Belgrade | Novi Sad |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,273,651 | 215,400 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Serbia | Serbia |
| Region | Central Serbia | Vojvodina |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:19 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:19 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
70 km apartBelgrade and Novi Sad are 70 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Serbia. Novi Sad keeps time the same time as Belgrade.
Belgrade has 1,058,251 more people — 5.9× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Belgrade or Novi Sad?
- Belgrade is the larger city by population, with 1,273,651 people to 215,400 in Novi Sad — a difference of 1,058,251. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Belgrade and Novi Sad?
- 70 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Serbia. Novi Sad keeps time the same time as Belgrade.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Belgrade or Novi Sad?
- 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 215,400 in Novi Sad. 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 Novi Sad both currently sit at $0.
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