Head to head
Budapest vs Debrecen
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Budapest is the larger of the two, with 1,741,041 people to 202,402 in Debrecen. 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 Budapest is the larger of the two, with 1,741,041 people to 202,402 in Debrecen. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Budapest nor Debrecen has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Hungary| Metric | Budapest | Debrecen |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,741,041 | 202,402 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Hungary | Hungary |
| Region | Budapest | Hajdú-Bihar |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:15 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:15 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
194 km apartBudapest and Debrecen are 194 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Hungary. Debrecen keeps time the same time as Budapest.
Budapest has 1,538,639 more people — 8.6× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Budapest or Debrecen?
- Budapest is the larger city by population, with 1,741,041 people to 202,402 in Debrecen — a difference of 1,538,639. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Budapest and Debrecen?
- 194 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Hungary. Debrecen keeps time the same time as Budapest.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Budapest or Debrecen?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Budapest is the larger of the two, with 1,741,041 people to 202,402 in Debrecen. 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 Budapest and Debrecen both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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