Head to head
Bucharest vs Cluj-Napoca
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bucharest is the larger of the two, with 1,877,155 people to 286,598 in Cluj-Napoca. 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 Bucharest is the larger of the two, with 1,877,155 people to 286,598 in Cluj-Napoca. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Bucharest nor Cluj-Napoca has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Romania| Metric | Bucharest | Cluj-Napoca |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,877,155 | 286,598 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Romania | Romania |
| Region | Bucharest | Cluj County |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:53 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:53 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
325 km apartBucharest and Cluj-Napoca are 325 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Romania. Cluj-Napoca keeps time the same time as Bucharest.
Bucharest has 1,590,557 more people — 6.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Bucharest or Cluj-Napoca?
- Bucharest is the larger city by population, with 1,877,155 people to 286,598 in Cluj-Napoca — a difference of 1,590,557. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca?
- 325 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Romania. Cluj-Napoca keeps time the same time as Bucharest.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Bucharest or Cluj-Napoca?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Bucharest is the larger of the two, with 1,877,155 people to 286,598 in Cluj-Napoca. 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 Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca both currently sit at $0.
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