Head to head
Prague vs Pilsen
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Prague is the larger of the two, with 1,165,581 people to 168,733 in Pilsen. 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 Prague is the larger of the two, with 1,165,581 people to 168,733 in Pilsen. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Prague nor Pilsen has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Czechia| Metric | Prague | Pilsen |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,165,581 | 168,733 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Czechia | Czechia |
| Region | Prague | Plzeň Region |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:52 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:52 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
84 km apartPrague and Pilsen are 84 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Czechia. Pilsen keeps time the same time as Prague.
Prague has 996,848 more people — 6.9× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Prague or Pilsen?
- Prague is the larger city by population, with 1,165,581 people to 168,733 in Pilsen — a difference of 996,848. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Prague and Pilsen?
- 84 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Czechia. Pilsen keeps time the same time as Prague.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Prague or Pilsen?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Prague is the larger of the two, with 1,165,581 people to 168,733 in Pilsen. 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 Prague and Pilsen both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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