Head to head
Tirana vs Durrës
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Tirana is the larger of the two, with 418,495 people to 195,920 in Durrës. 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 Tirana is the larger of the two, with 418,495 people to 195,920 in Durrës. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Tirana nor Durrës has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Albania| Metric | Tirana | Durrës |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 418,495 | 195,920 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Albania | Albania |
| Region | Tirana | Durrës County |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:54 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:54 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
30 km apartTirana and Durrës are 30 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Albania. Durrës keeps time the same time as Tirana.
Tirana has 222,575 more people — 2.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Tirana or Durrës?
- Tirana is the larger city by population, with 418,495 people to 195,920 in Durrës — a difference of 222,575. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Tirana and Durrës?
- 30 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Albania. Durrës keeps time the same time as Tirana.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Tirana or Durrës?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Tirana is the larger of the two, with 418,495 people to 195,920 in Durrës. 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 Tirana and Durrës both currently sit at $0.
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