Boston
232 km²
Kyoto
828 km²
USA
Japan
Area Comparison
Boston is 3.6x smaller than Kyoto
Population Comparison
Boston has 2.1x fewer people than Kyoto
Yes — Kyoto is 3.6x larger than Boston by area. Kyoto spans 828 km² (320 mi²) while Boston covers 232 km² (90 mi²) — a difference of 596 km². You could fit Boston inside Kyoto approximately 3 times.
To put Boston's size in perspective, its area of 232 km² is roughly the same size as Amsterdam. Meanwhile, Kyoto at 828 km² is roughly the same size as New York City.
Picture Boston another way: its area is large enough to fit about 32,000 American football fields, 110 times the area of Monaco, or 68 times the area of Central Park. Kyoto works out to about 116,000 American football fields, 14 times the area of Manhattan, or 8 times the area of Paris.
Boston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It serves as a cultural and financial center of New England, a region of the Northeastern United States. Boston has an area of 48.4 sq mi (125 km2) and a population of 675,647 as of the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in the Northeastern United States after New York City and Philadelphia.
Known as "Beantown", Boston covers 232 km² with a population of 0.7 million. The city was established in 1630. Boston is known for Fenway Park, Freedom Trail, Harvard University, among other attractions. The city's main transit system is the MBTA (The T).
Boston covers just 125 km2 yet serves as the cultural and financial heart of all New England
Kyoto, officially Kyoto City , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. As of 2020, the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it the ninth-most populous city in Japan. More than half (56.8%) of Kyoto Prefecture's population resides in the city. The city is the cultural anchor of the substantially larger Greater Kyoto, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 3.8 million people.
Nicknamed "Thousand-Year Capital", Kyoto has an area of 828 km² and is home to 1.5 million people. Its history stretches back to 794. Visitors come for Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kinkaku-ji Golden Pavilion, Gion geisha district, and much more.
More than half of Kyoto Prefecture's entire population lives within Kyoto City itself.
Boston has a population density of 2,931 people per km² — a moderately dense city. Kyoto, with 1,763 people per km², is a relatively spread-out city. Boston is noticeably denser, packing 1.7 times more people per square kilometer.
Size Ratio
Boston fits inside Kyoto ~3 times
Density Gap
Boston is 1.7x more densely populated
History
Kyoto is ~836 years older
Boston covers 232 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Osaka (225 km²), Kuala Lumpur (243 km²), Amsterdam (219 km²), Helsinki (214 km²), or Edinburgh (259 km²).
Kyoto covers 828 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Santiago (838 km²), New York (783 km²), Berlin (892 km²), Hamburg (755 km²), or Bangalore (741 km²).
The straight-line distance from Boston to Kyoto is 10,989 km (6,828 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~13h 26m.
Want to explore more? Compare city sizes for any two cities worldwide, or share your location live with friends.