Cairo
3,085 km²
Oslo
454 km²
Egypt
Norway
Area Comparison
Cairo is 6.8x larger than Oslo
Population Comparison
Cairo has 14.0x more people than Oslo
In terms of area, Cairo is 6.8x the size of Oslo. Cairo spans 3,085 km² (1,191 mi²) while Oslo covers 454 km² (175 mi²) — a difference of 2,631 km². You could fit Oslo inside Cairo approximately 6 times.
To put Cairo's size in perspective, its area of 3,085 km² is about 1.2x the size of Luxembourg. Meanwhile, Oslo at 454 km² is about 1.3x smaller than Seoul.
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 Oslo, that's about 64,000 American football fields, 130 times the area of Central Park, or 8 times the area of Manhattan.
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.
Oslo is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of 724,290 in 2025, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,110,887 in 2025, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of 1,546,706 in 2021.
Also known as "Tigerstaden", Oslo has an area of 454 km² and is home to 0.7 million people. The city dates back to 1048. Visitors come for Vigeland Park, Oslo Opera House, Akershus Fortress, and much more.
Oslo is both a county and a municipality, with the city itself home to about 724,000 residents in 2025.
Cairo has a population density of 3,274 people per km² — a moderately dense city. Oslo, with 1,586 people per km², is a relatively spread-out city. Cairo is noticeably denser, packing 2.1 times more people per square kilometer.
Size Ratio
Oslo fits inside Cairo ~6 times
Density Gap
Cairo is 2.1x more densely populated
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).
Oslo covers 454 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Prague (496 km²), Vienna (415 km²), Montreal (498 km²), Denver (401 km²), or Warsaw (517 km²).
The straight-line distance from Cairo to Oslo is 3,657 km (2,273 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~4h 48m.
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