Cairo
3,085 km²
San Antonio
1,209 km²
Egypt
United States
Area Comparison
Cairo is 2.6x larger than San Antonio
Population Comparison
Cairo has 7.1x more people than San Antonio
Yes — Cairo is 2.6x larger than San Antonio by area. Cairo spans 3,085 km² (1,191 mi²) while San Antonio covers 1,209 km² (467 mi²) — a difference of 1,876 km². You could fit San Antonio inside Cairo approximately 2 times.
To put Cairo's size in perspective, its area of 3,085 km² is about 1.2x the size of Luxembourg. Meanwhile, San Antonio at 1,209 km² is about 1.3x smaller than London.
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 San Antonio, that's about 169,000 American football fields, 20 times the area of Manhattan, or 11 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.
San Antonio is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the seventh-most populous city in the United States, the second-most populous city in Texas, and the second-most populous city in the Southern U.S., with a population of 1.43 million at the 2020 census. The Greater San Antonio metropolitan area, with an estimated 2.76 million residents, ranks as the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest in the nation. It is the county seat of Bexar County.
Nicknamed "Alamo City", San Antonio has an area of 1,209 km² and is home to 1.4 million people. Its history stretches back to 1718. Visitors come for The Alamo, San Antonio River Walk, Tower of the Americas, and much more.
San Antonio is the seventh-most populous city in the United States and second-most populous in Texas, with 1.43 million residents.
Cairo has a population density of 3,274 people per km² — a moderately dense city. San Antonio, with 1,183 people per km², is a relatively spread-out city. Cairo is noticeably denser, packing 2.8 times more people per square kilometer.
Size Ratio
San Antonio fits inside Cairo ~2 times
Density Gap
Cairo is 2.8x more densely populated
History
Cairo is ~749 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).
San Antonio covers 1,209 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Rio de Janeiro (1,221 km²), Lagos (1,172 km²), Rome (1,285 km²), Los Angeles (1,302 km²), or Hong Kong (1,114 km²).
The straight-line distance from Cairo to San Antonio is 11,525 km (7,161 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~14h 4m.
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