Cairo
3,085 km²
Hamburg
755 km²
Egypt
Germany
Area Comparison
Cairo is 4.1x larger than Hamburg
Population Comparison
Cairo has 5.3x more people than Hamburg
In terms of area, Cairo is 4.1x the size of Hamburg. Cairo spans 3,085 km² (1,191 mi²) while Hamburg covers 755 km² (292 mi²) — a difference of 2,330 km². You could fit Hamburg inside Cairo approximately 4 times.
To put Cairo's size in perspective, its area of 3,085 km² is about 1.2x the size of Luxembourg. Meanwhile, Hamburg at 755 km² is roughly the same size as New York City.
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 Hamburg, that's about 106,000 American football fields, 13 times the area of Manhattan, or 7 times the area of Paris.
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.
Hamburg, officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, is the second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and seventh-largest city in the European Union, with a population of over 1.9 million. The Hamburg Metropolitan Region has a population of over 5.1 million and is the tenth-largest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union.
Nicknamed "Gateway to the World", Hamburg has an area of 755 km² and is home to 1.9 million people. Visitors come for Port of Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie concert hall, Reeperbahn nightlife district, and much more.
Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany and the seventh-largest in the European Union.
Cairo has a population density of 3,274 people per km² — a moderately dense city. Hamburg, with 2,530 people per km², is a moderately dense city. Both cities have comparable density, though Cairo is slightly more compact.
Size Ratio
Hamburg fits inside Cairo ~4 times
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).
Hamburg covers 755 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Bangalore (741 km²), Singapore (733 km²), Tehran (730 km²), New York (783 km²), or Nairobi (696 km²).
The straight-line distance from Cairo to Hamburg is 3,125 km (1,942 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~4h 11m.
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