How Big Is Vienna?

Vienna Size Overview

Vienna covers an area of 415 km² (160 mi²) in Austria, Europe. Capital and largest city of Austria. The city is often called "City of Music". To put this in perspective, Vienna is about 1.5x smaller than Seoul. In more relatable units, that's about 58,000 American football fields, 120 times the area of Central Park, or 7 times the area of Manhattan.

Vienna is the capital, most populous city, and one of the nine states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. Its larger metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.9 million, representing nearly one-third of the country's population. Vienna is the cultural, economic, and political centre of the country, the fifth-largest city by population in the European Union, and the most populous of the cities on the river Danube.

With a population of 2.0 million (2.8 million in the metropolitan area), Vienna has a population density of 4,771 people per km². The greater Vienna metropolitan area extends to 3,840 km².

Vienna has a history stretching back to around 500 BC. The city is renowned for Schönbrunn Palace, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Hofburg Palace, and Belvedere Palace.

Vienna has a oceanic climate, with summer temperatures averaging 21°C and winters around 1°C. The city's main public transit system is the Wiener Linien (U-Bahn).