Head to head
Kaunas vs Klaipėda
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kaunas is the larger of the two, with 289,380 people to 172,292 in Klaipėda. 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 Kaunas is the larger of the two, with 289,380 people to 172,292 in Klaipėda. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Kaunas nor Klaipėda has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Lithuania| Metric | Kaunas | Klaipėda |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 289,380 | 172,292 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Lithuania | Lithuania |
| Region | Kaunas | Klaipėda County |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:54 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:54 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
197 km apartKaunas and Klaipėda are 197 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Lithuania. Klaipėda keeps time the same time as Kaunas.
Kaunas has 117,088 more people — 1.7× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Kaunas or Klaipėda?
- Kaunas is the larger city by population, with 289,380 people to 172,292 in Klaipėda — a difference of 117,088. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Kaunas and Klaipėda?
- 197 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Lithuania. Klaipėda keeps time the same time as Kaunas.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Kaunas or Klaipėda?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kaunas is the larger of the two, with 289,380 people to 172,292 in Klaipėda. 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 Kaunas and Klaipėda both currently sit at $0.
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