Head to head
Nicosia vs Limassol
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Nicosia is the larger of the two, with 200,452 people to 154,000 in Limassol. 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 Nicosia is the larger of the two, with 200,452 people to 154,000 in Limassol. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Nicosia nor Limassol has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Cyprus| Metric | Nicosia | Limassol |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 200,452 | 154,000 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Cyprus | Cyprus |
| Region | Nicosia | Limassol |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:56 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:56 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
62 km apartNicosia and Limassol are 62 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Cyprus. Limassol keeps time the same time as Nicosia.
Nicosia has 46,452 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Nicosia or Limassol?
- Nicosia is the larger city by population, with 200,452 people to 154,000 in Limassol — a difference of 46,452. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Nicosia and Limassol?
- 62 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Cyprus. Limassol keeps time the same time as Nicosia.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Nicosia or Limassol?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Nicosia is the larger of the two, with 200,452 people to 154,000 in Limassol. 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 Nicosia and Limassol both currently sit at $0.
Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
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