Head to head
Berlin vs Potsdam
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Berlin is the larger of the two, with 3,426,354 people to 184,754 in Potsdam. 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 Berlin is the larger of the two, with 3,426,354 people to 184,754 in Potsdam. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Berlin nor Potsdam has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Germany| Metric | Berlin | Potsdam |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 3,426,354 | 184,754 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 42nd largest |
| Country | Germany | Germany |
| Region | State of Berlin | Brandenburg |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:50 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:50 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
27 km apartBerlin and Potsdam are 27 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Germany. Potsdam keeps time the same time as Berlin.
Berlin has 3,241,600 more people — 18.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Berlin or Potsdam?
- Berlin is the larger city by population, with 3,426,354 people to 184,754 in Potsdam — a difference of 3,241,600. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Berlin and Potsdam?
- 27 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Germany. Potsdam keeps time the same time as Berlin.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Berlin or Potsdam?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Berlin is the larger of the two, with 3,426,354 people to 184,754 in Potsdam. 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 Berlin and Potsdam both currently sit at $0.
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