Head to head
Plovdiv vs Varna
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Plovdiv is the larger of the two, with 329,489 people to 318,737 in Varna. 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 Plovdiv is the larger of the two, with 329,489 people to 318,737 in Varna. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Plovdiv nor Varna has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Bulgaria| Metric | Plovdiv | Varna |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 329,489 | 318,737 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Bulgaria | Bulgaria |
| Region | Plovdiv | Varna |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 1:53 AM · UTC+03:00 | 1:53 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
284 km apartPlovdiv and Varna are 284 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Bulgaria. Varna keeps time the same time as Plovdiv.
Plovdiv has 10,752 more people — 1.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Plovdiv or Varna?
- Plovdiv is the larger city by population, with 329,489 people to 318,737 in Varna — a difference of 10,752. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Plovdiv and Varna?
- 284 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Bulgaria. Varna keeps time the same time as Plovdiv.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Plovdiv or Varna?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Plovdiv is the larger of the two, with 329,489 people to 318,737 in Varna. 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 Plovdiv and Varna both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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