Head to head
Graz vs Linz
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Graz is the larger of the two, with 303,270 people to 204,846 in Linz. 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 Graz is the larger of the two, with 303,270 people to 204,846 in Linz. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Graz nor Linz has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Austria| Metric | Graz | Linz |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 303,270 | 204,846 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Austria | Austria |
| Region | Styria | Upper Austria |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:52 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:52 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
163 km apartGraz and Linz are 163 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Austria. Linz keeps time the same time as Graz.
Graz has 98,424 more people — 1.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Graz or Linz?
- Graz is the larger city by population, with 303,270 people to 204,846 in Linz — a difference of 98,424. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Graz and Linz?
- 163 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Austria. Linz keeps time the same time as Graz.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Graz or Linz?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Graz is the larger of the two, with 303,270 people to 204,846 in Linz. 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 Graz and Linz both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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