Head to head
Niš vs Novi Sad
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Niš is the larger of the two, with 250,000 people to 215,400 in Novi Sad. 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 Niš is the larger of the two, with 250,000 people to 215,400 in Novi Sad. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Niš nor Novi Sad has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Serbia| Metric | Niš | Novi Sad |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 250,000 | 215,400 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Serbia | Serbia |
| Region | Central Serbia | Vojvodina |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:48 AM · UTC+02:00 | 3:48 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
270 km apartNiš and Novi Sad are 270 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Serbia. Novi Sad keeps time the same time as Niš.
Niš has 34,600 more people — 1.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Niš or Novi Sad?
- Niš is the larger city by population, with 250,000 people to 215,400 in Novi Sad — a difference of 34,600. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Niš and Novi Sad?
- 270 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Serbia. Novi Sad keeps time the same time as Niš.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Niš or Novi Sad?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Niš is the larger of the two, with 250,000 people to 215,400 in Novi Sad. 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 Niš and Novi Sad both currently sit at $0.
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