Head to head
Bratislava vs Košice
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bratislava is the larger of the two, with 423,737 people to 225,044 in Košice. 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 Bratislava is the larger of the two, with 423,737 people to 225,044 in Košice. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Bratislava nor Košice has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Slovakia| Metric | Bratislava | Košice |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 423,737 | 225,044 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Slovakia | Slovakia |
| Region | Bratislava Region | Košice Region |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:52 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:52 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
313 km apartBratislava and Košice are 313 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Slovakia. Košice keeps time the same time as Bratislava.
Bratislava has 198,693 more people — 1.9× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Bratislava or Košice?
- Bratislava is the larger city by population, with 423,737 people to 225,044 in Košice — a difference of 198,693. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Bratislava and Košice?
- 313 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Slovakia. Košice keeps time the same time as Bratislava.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Bratislava or Košice?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bratislava is the larger of the two, with 423,737 people to 225,044 in Košice. 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 Bratislava and Košice both currently sit at $0.
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2Settle it
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