Head to head
Köln vs Frankfurt am Main
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Köln is the larger of the two, with 1,024,621 people to 650,000 in Frankfurt am Main. 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 Köln is the larger of the two, with 1,024,621 people to 650,000 in Frankfurt am Main. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Köln nor Frankfurt am Main has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Germany| Metric | Köln | Frankfurt am Main |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,024,621 | 650,000 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Germany | Germany |
| Region | North Rhine-Westphalia | Hesse |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:57 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:57 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
153 km apartKöln and Frankfurt am Main are 153 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Germany. Frankfurt am Main keeps time the same time as Köln.
Köln has 374,621 more people — 1.6× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Köln or Frankfurt am Main?
- Köln is the larger city by population, with 1,024,621 people to 650,000 in Frankfurt am Main — a difference of 374,621. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Köln and Frankfurt am Main?
- 153 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Germany. Frankfurt am Main keeps time the same time as Köln.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Köln or Frankfurt am Main?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Köln is the larger of the two, with 1,024,621 people to 650,000 in Frankfurt am Main. 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 Köln and Frankfurt am Main both currently sit at $0.
Related comparisons
6Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
Also here: cities trending right now, the closest battles on the board and every other comparison.