Head to head
Vilnius vs Kaunas
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Vilnius is the larger of the two, with 542,366 people to 289,380 in Kaunas. 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 Vilnius is the larger of the two, with 542,366 people to 289,380 in Kaunas. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Vilnius nor Kaunas has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Lithuania| Metric | Vilnius | Kaunas |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 542,366 | 289,380 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Lithuania | Lithuania |
| Region | Vilnius | Kaunas |
| National capital | Yes | 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
91 km apartVilnius and Kaunas are 91 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Lithuania. Kaunas keeps time the same time as Vilnius.
Vilnius has 252,986 more people — 1.9× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Vilnius or Kaunas?
- Vilnius is the larger city by population, with 542,366 people to 289,380 in Kaunas — a difference of 252,986. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Vilnius and Kaunas?
- 91 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Lithuania. Kaunas keeps time the same time as Vilnius.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Vilnius or Kaunas?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Vilnius is the larger of the two, with 542,366 people to 289,380 in Kaunas. 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 Vilnius and Kaunas both currently sit at $0.
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2Settle it
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