Buenos Aires
203 km²
Kyoto
828 km²
Argentina
Japan
Area Comparison
Buenos Aires is 4.1x smaller than Kyoto
Population Comparison
Buenos Aires has 2.1x more people than Kyoto
Kyoto is significantly larger, covering 4.1 times the area of Buenos Aires. Kyoto spans 828 km² (320 mi²) while Buenos Aires covers 203 km² (78 mi²) — a difference of 625 km². You could fit Buenos Aires inside Kyoto approximately 4 times.
To put Buenos Aires's size in perspective, its area of 203 km² is roughly the same size as Amsterdam. Meanwhile, Kyoto at 828 km² is roughly the same size as New York City.
Picture Buenos Aires another way: its area is large enough to fit about 28,000 American football fields, 100 times the area of Monaco, or 60 times the area of Central Park. Kyoto, by comparison, equals about 116,000 American football fields, 14 times the area of Manhattan, or 8 times the area of Paris.
Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− global city, according to the GaWC 2024 ranking. The city proper has a population of 3.1 million and its urban area has a population of 16.7 million, making it the 21st most populous metropolitan area in the world.
Known as "Paris of South America", Buenos Aires covers 203 km² with a population of 3.1 million. The city was established in 1536. Buenos Aires is known for La Boca's Caminito, Recoleta Cemetery, Teatro Colón, among other attractions. The city's main transit system is the Buenos Aires Subte.
Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− global city according to the GaWC 2024 ranking.
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.
Also known as "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.
Buenos Aires has a population density of 15,074 people per km² — an extremely dense urban environment. Kyoto, with 1,763 people per km², is a relatively spread-out city. Buenos Aires is dramatically more crowded, with 8.6x the population density.
Size Ratio
Buenos Aires fits inside Kyoto ~4 times
Density Gap
Buenos Aires is 8.6x more densely populated
History
Kyoto is ~742 years older
Buenos Aires covers 203 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Helsinki (214 km²), Amsterdam (219 km²), Stockholm (188 km²), Osaka (225 km²), or Boston (232 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 Buenos Aires to Kyoto is 18,724 km (11,634 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~22h 32m.
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