Cairo
3,085 km²
Chennai
426,830,040 km²
Egypt
India
Area Comparison
Cairo is 138356.6x smaller than Chennai
Population Comparison
Cairo has 1.5x more people than Chennai
In terms of area, Chennai is 138356.6x the size of Cairo. Chennai spans 426,830,040 km² (164,799,932 mi²) while Cairo covers 3,085 km² (1,191 mi²) — a difference of 426,826,955 km². You could fit Cairo inside Chennai approximately 138356 times.
To put Cairo's size in perspective, its area of 3,085 km² is about 1.2x the size of Luxembourg.
Picture Cairo another way: its area is large enough to fit about 432,000 American football fields, 52 times the area of Manhattan, or 29 times the area of Paris. For Chennai, that's about 59,780,100,000 American football fields.
Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate. It is home to more than 9.8 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world, and the Middle East. The Greater Cairo metropolitan area is one of the largest in the world by population with over 22 million people. Areas of what would become Cairo were inhabited from pre-dynastic and early-dynastic ancient Egypt c.
Known as "The City of a Thousand Minarets", Cairo covers 3,085 km² with a population of 10.1 million. The city was established in 969. Cairo is known for Pyramids of Giza, Great Sphinx, Egyptian Museum, among other attractions. The city's main transit system is the Cairo Metro.
Cairo is home to more than 9.8 million people and is part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa and the Arab world.
Chennai, also known as Madras, is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. As per the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the sixth-most-populous city in India and forms the fourth-most-populous urban agglomeration. The city is coterminous with Chennai district, which together with the adjoining suburbs constitutes the Chennai Metropolitan Area, one of the largest metropolitan areas of India.
Nicknamed "Madras", Chennai has an area of 426,830,040 km² and is home to 6.6 million people. Its history stretches back to 1639. Visitors come for Marina Beach, Kapaleeshwarar Temple, Fort St. George, and much more.
Chennai, formerly Madras, is the capital of Tamil Nadu and the sixth-most-populous city in India.
Cairo has a population density of 3,274 people per km² — a moderately dense city. Chennai, with 0 people per km², is a low-density, sprawling urban area. Cairo is dramatically more crowded, with Infinityx the population density.
Size Ratio
Cairo fits inside Chennai ~138356 times
Density Gap
Cairo is Infinityx more densely populated
History
Cairo is ~670 years older
Cairo covers 3,085 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Hanoi (3,359 km²), Karachi (3,527 km²), Lima (2,672 km²), Moscow (2,511 km²), or Cape Town (2,455 km²).
Chennai covers 426,830,040 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Doha (132,000,000 km²), Dublin (114,990,000 km²), Hangzhou (16,854 km²), Beijing (16,411 km²), or Brisbane (15,826 km²).
The straight-line distance from Cairo to Chennai is 5,364 km (3,333 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~6h 49m.
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