Cebu City
416 km²
Manila
2,555 km²
City Map Compare/Cebu City vs Manilavs
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Manila covers 2,555 km² of contiguous built-up land, 6.1× the built-up area of Cebu City (416 km²).
| Cebu City | Manila | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Cebu City | Manila |
| Population (2025) | 3.19 million | 25.9 million |
| Built-up area | 416 km² | 2,555 km² |
| Density | 7,672 /km² | 10,145 /km² |
Urban area = contiguous built-up land and the people living in it in 2025, drawn the same way for every city regardless of administrative boundaries. Source: GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0); some names adjusted to the city names people use, and country attribution follows the dataset.