Head to head
Warsaw vs Kraków
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Warsaw is the larger of the two, with 1,702,139 people to 816,614 in Kraków. 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 Warsaw is the larger of the two, with 1,702,139 people to 816,614 in Kraków. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Warsaw nor Kraków has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Poland| Metric | Warsaw | Kraków |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,702,139 | 816,614 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Poland | Poland |
| Region | Mazovia | Lesser Poland |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:56 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:56 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
253 km apartWarsaw and Kraków are 253 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Poland. Kraków keeps time the same time as Warsaw.
Warsaw has 885,525 more people — 2.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Warsaw or Kraków?
- Warsaw is the larger city by population, with 1,702,139 people to 816,614 in Kraków — a difference of 885,525. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Warsaw and Kraków?
- 253 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Poland. Kraków keeps time the same time as Warsaw.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Warsaw or Kraków?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Warsaw is the larger of the two, with 1,702,139 people to 816,614 in Kraków. 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 Warsaw and Kraków both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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