Head to head
Zürich vs Geneva
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 201,741 in Geneva. 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 201,741 in Geneva. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Zürich nor Geneva has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Switzerland| Metric | Zürich | Geneva |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 415,367 | 201,741 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Switzerland | Switzerland |
| Region | Zurich | Geneva |
| National capital | No | 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
224 km apartZürich and Geneva are 224 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Switzerland. Geneva keeps time the same time as Zürich.
Zürich has 213,626 more people — 2.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Zürich or Geneva?
- Zürich is the larger city by population, with 415,367 people to 201,741 in Geneva — a difference of 213,626. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Zürich and Geneva?
- 224 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Switzerland. Geneva keeps time the same time as Zürich.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Zürich or Geneva?
- 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 201,741 in Geneva. 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 Geneva both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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