Head to head
Zürich vs Bern
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Zürich is the larger of the two, with 415,367 people to 121,631 in Bern. 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 Zürich is the larger of the two, with 415,367 people to 121,631 in Bern. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Zürich nor Bern has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Switzerland| Metric | Zürich | Bern |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 415,367 | 121,631 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 5th largest |
| Country | Switzerland | Switzerland |
| Region | Zurich | Bern |
| National capital | No | Yes |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:14 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:14 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
95 km apartZürich and Bern are 95 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Switzerland. Bern keeps time the same time as Zürich.
Zürich has 293,736 more people — 3.4× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Zürich or Bern?
- Zürich is the larger city by population, with 415,367 people to 121,631 in Bern — a difference of 293,736. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Zürich and Bern?
- 95 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Switzerland. Bern keeps time the same time as Zürich.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Zürich or Bern?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Zürich is the larger of the two, with 415,367 people to 121,631 in Bern. 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 Zürich and Bern both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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