Head to head
Cork vs Limerick
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Cork is the larger of the two, with 224,004 people to 102,287 in Limerick. 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 Cork is the larger of the two, with 224,004 people to 102,287 in Limerick. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Cork nor Limerick has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Ireland| Metric | Cork | Limerick |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 224,004 | 102,287 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Ireland | Ireland |
| Region | Munster | Munster |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:12 AM · UTC+01:00 | 1:12 AM · UTC+01:00 |
| 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
86 km apartCork and Limerick are 86 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Ireland. Limerick keeps time the same time as Cork.
Cork has 121,717 more people — 2.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Cork or Limerick?
- Cork is the larger city by population, with 224,004 people to 102,287 in Limerick — a difference of 121,717. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Cork and Limerick?
- 86 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Ireland. Limerick keeps time the same time as Cork.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Cork or Limerick?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Cork is the larger of the two, with 224,004 people to 102,287 in Limerick. 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 Cork and Limerick both currently sit at $0.
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2Settle it
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