Head to head
Linz vs Salzburg
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Linz is the larger of the two, with 204,846 people to 157,245 in Salzburg. 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 Linz is the larger of the two, with 204,846 people to 157,245 in Salzburg. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Linz nor Salzburg has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Austria| Metric | Linz | Salzburg |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 204,846 | 157,245 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Austria | Austria |
| Region | Upper Austria | Salzburg |
| 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
108 km apartLinz and Salzburg are 108 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Austria. Salzburg keeps time the same time as Linz.
Linz has 47,601 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Linz or Salzburg?
- Linz is the larger city by population, with 204,846 people to 157,245 in Salzburg — a difference of 47,601. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Linz and Salzburg?
- 108 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Austria. Salzburg keeps time the same time as Linz.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Linz or Salzburg?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Linz is the larger of the two, with 204,846 people to 157,245 in Salzburg. 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 Linz and Salzburg both currently sit at $0.
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