Head to head
Thessaloníki vs Lárisa
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Thessaloníki is the larger of the two, with 317,778 people to 146,926 in Lárisa. 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 Thessaloníki is the larger of the two, with 317,778 people to 146,926 in Lárisa. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Thessaloníki nor Lárisa has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Greece| Metric | Thessaloníki | Lárisa |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 317,778 | 146,926 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Greece | Greece |
| Region | Central Macedonia | Thessaly |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 3:20 AM · UTC+03:00 | 3:20 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
121 km apartThessaloníki and Lárisa are 121 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Greece. Lárisa keeps time the same time as Thessaloníki.
Thessaloníki has 170,852 more people — 2.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Thessaloníki or Lárisa?
- Thessaloníki is the larger city by population, with 317,778 people to 146,926 in Lárisa — a difference of 170,852. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Thessaloníki and Lárisa?
- 121 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Greece. Lárisa keeps time the same time as Thessaloníki.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Thessaloníki or Lárisa?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Thessaloníki is the larger of the two, with 317,778 people to 146,926 in Lárisa. 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 Thessaloníki and Lárisa both currently sit at $0.
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