Head to head
Stavanger vs Kristiansand
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Stavanger is the larger of the two, with 151,669 people to 117,237 in Kristiansand. 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 Stavanger is the larger of the two, with 151,669 people to 117,237 in Kristiansand. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Stavanger nor Kristiansand has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Norway| Metric | Stavanger | Kristiansand |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 151,669 | 117,237 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 4th largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Norway | Norway |
| Region | Rogaland | Agder |
| 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
160 km apartStavanger and Kristiansand are 160 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Norway. Kristiansand keeps time the same time as Stavanger.
Stavanger has 34,432 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Stavanger or Kristiansand?
- Stavanger is the larger city by population, with 151,669 people to 117,237 in Kristiansand — a difference of 34,432. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Stavanger and Kristiansand?
- 160 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Norway. Kristiansand keeps time the same time as Stavanger.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Stavanger or Kristiansand?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Stavanger is the larger of the two, with 151,669 people to 117,237 in Kristiansand. 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 Stavanger and Kristiansand both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
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