Head to head
Helsinki vs Tampere
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Helsinki is the larger of the two, with 658,864 people to 260,646 in Tampere. 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 Helsinki is the larger of the two, with 658,864 people to 260,646 in Tampere. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Helsinki nor Tampere has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Finland| Metric | Helsinki | Tampere |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 658,864 | 260,646 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Finland | Finland |
| Region | Uusimaa | Pirkanmaa |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:20 AM · UTC+03:00 | 3:20 AM · UTC+03:00 |
| 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
160 km apartHelsinki and Tampere are 160 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Finland. Tampere keeps time the same time as Helsinki.
Helsinki has 398,218 more people — 2.5× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Helsinki or Tampere?
- Helsinki is the larger city by population, with 658,864 people to 260,646 in Tampere — a difference of 398,218. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Helsinki and Tampere?
- 160 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Finland. Tampere keeps time the same time as Helsinki.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Helsinki or Tampere?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Helsinki is the larger of the two, with 658,864 people to 260,646 in Tampere. 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 Helsinki and Tampere both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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