Cape Town
2,455 km²
Wuhan
8,569 km²
South Africa
People's Republic of China
Area Comparison
Cape Town is 3.5x smaller than Wuhan
Population Comparison
Cape Town has 3.3x fewer people than Wuhan
In terms of area, Wuhan is 3.5x the size of Cape Town. Wuhan spans 8,569 km² (3,309 mi²) while Cape Town covers 2,455 km² (948 mi²) — a difference of 6,114 km². You could fit Cape Town inside Wuhan approximately 3 times.
To put Cape Town's size in perspective, its area of 2,455 km² is roughly the same size as Moscow. Meanwhile, Wuhan at 8,569 km² is about 1.4x the size of Shanghai.
Picture Cape Town another way: its area is large enough to fit about 344,000 American football fields, 42 times the area of Manhattan, or 23 times the area of Paris. Wuhan works out to about 1,200,000 American football fields, 140 times the area of Manhattan, or 81 times the area of Paris.
Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. Cape Town is the country's second-largest city by population, after Johannesburg, and the largest city in the Western Cape. The city is part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality.
Known as "The Mother City", Cape Town covers 2,455 km² with a population of 3.8 million. The city was established in 1652. Cape Town is known for Table Mountain, Cape of Good Hope, Robben Island, among other attractions.
Cape Town is South Africa's oldest city, founded in 1652 and home to the seat of the national Parliament.
Wuhan is the capital of Hubei, China. With a population of 13,739,000, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the seventh-most-populous city in China. It is also one of China's nine national central cities.
Also known as "River City", Wuhan has an area of 8,569 km² and is home to 12.3 million people. Visitors come for Yellow Crane Tower, Yangtze River confluence, East Lake, and much more.
Wuhan houses 13.7 million residents, ranking as the seventh-most populous city in all of China.
Cape Town has a population density of 1,540 people per km² — a relatively spread-out city. Wuhan, with 1,439 people per km², is a relatively spread-out city. Both cities have comparable density, though Cape Town is slightly more compact.
Size Ratio
Cape Town fits inside Wuhan ~3 times
Cape Town covers 2,455 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Moscow (2,511 km²), Lima (2,672 km²), Tokyo (2,194 km²), Ho Chi Minh City (2,061 km²), or Shenzhen (1,997 km²).
Wuhan covers 8,569 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Guangzhou (7,434 km²), Melbourne (9,993 km²), Xi'an (10,097 km²), Perth (6,417 km²), or Shanghai (6,341 km²).
The straight-line distance from Cape Town to Wuhan is 12,334 km (7,664 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~15h 1m.
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