Head to head
Dublin vs Limerick
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Dublin is the larger of the two, with 1,024,027 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 Dublin is the larger of the two, with 1,024,027 people to 102,287 in Limerick. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Dublin nor Limerick has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Ireland| Metric | Dublin | Limerick |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,024,027 | 102,287 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Ireland | Ireland |
| Region | Leinster | Munster |
| National capital | Yes | 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
175 km apartDublin and Limerick are 175 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Ireland. Limerick keeps time the same time as Dublin.
Dublin has 921,740 more people — 10.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Dublin or Limerick?
- Dublin is the larger city by population, with 1,024,027 people to 102,287 in Limerick — a difference of 921,740. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Dublin and Limerick?
- 175 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Ireland. Limerick keeps time the same time as Dublin.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Dublin or Limerick?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Dublin is the larger of the two, with 1,024,027 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 Dublin and Limerick both currently sit at $0.
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2Settle it
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