Head to head
Kraków vs Wrocław
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kraków is the larger of the two, with 816,614 people to 672,545 in Wrocław. 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 Kraków is the larger of the two, with 816,614 people to 672,545 in Wrocław. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Kraków nor Wrocław has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Poland| Metric | Kraków | Wrocław |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 816,614 | 672,545 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Poland | Poland |
| Region | Lesser Poland | Lower Silesia |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:20 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:20 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
236 km apartKraków and Wrocław are 236 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Poland. Wrocław keeps time the same time as Kraków.
Kraków has 144,069 more people — 1.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Kraków or Wrocław?
- Kraków is the larger city by population, with 816,614 people to 672,545 in Wrocław — a difference of 144,069. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Kraków and Wrocław?
- 236 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Poland. Wrocław keeps time the same time as Kraków.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Kraków or Wrocław?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kraków is the larger of the two, with 816,614 people to 672,545 in Wrocław. 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 Kraków and Wrocław both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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