Head to head
Debrecen vs Miskolc
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Debrecen is the larger of the two, with 202,402 people to 154,521 in Miskolc. 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 Debrecen is the larger of the two, with 202,402 people to 154,521 in Miskolc. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Debrecen nor Miskolc has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Hungary| Metric | Debrecen | Miskolc |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 202,402 | 154,521 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Hungary | Hungary |
| Region | Hajdú-Bihar | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:16 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:16 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
90 km apartDebrecen and Miskolc are 90 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Hungary. Miskolc keeps time the same time as Debrecen.
Debrecen has 47,881 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Debrecen or Miskolc?
- Debrecen is the larger city by population, with 202,402 people to 154,521 in Miskolc — a difference of 47,881. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Debrecen and Miskolc?
- 90 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Hungary. Miskolc keeps time the same time as Debrecen.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Debrecen or Miskolc?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Debrecen is the larger of the two, with 202,402 people to 154,521 in Miskolc. 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 Debrecen and Miskolc both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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