Copenhagen
91 km²
Kyoto
828 km²
Denmark
Japan
Area Comparison
Copenhagen is 9.1x smaller than Kyoto
Population Comparison
Copenhagen has 2.2x fewer people than Kyoto
Kyoto is significantly larger, covering 9.1 times the area of Copenhagen. Kyoto spans 828 km² (320 mi²) while Copenhagen covers 91 km² (35 mi²) — a difference of 737 km². You could fit Copenhagen inside Kyoto approximately 9 times.
To put Copenhagen's size in perspective, its area of 91 km² is about 1.2x smaller than Paris (city proper). Meanwhile, Kyoto at 828 km² is roughly the same size as New York City.
Picture Copenhagen another way: its area is large enough to fit about 13,000 American football fields, 190 times the area of Vatican City, or 45 times the area of Monaco. Kyoto works out to about 116,000 American football fields, 14 times the area of Manhattan, or 8 times the area of Paris.
Copenhagen is the capital and most populous city of both the country of Denmark and the wider Kingdom of Denmark, with a population of 667,000 people in the municipality and 1.4 million in the urban area. The city is situated mainly on the island of Zealand (Sjælland), with a smaller part on the island of Amager. Copenhagen is separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the Øresund strait. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road.
Known as "City of Spires", Copenhagen covers 91 km² with a population of 0.7 million. The city was established in 1167. Copenhagen is known for The Little Mermaid statue, Tivoli Gardens, Nyhavn waterfront, among other attractions.
Copenhagen sits mainly on the island of Zealand, with a smaller portion on the island of Amager.
Kyoto, officially Kyoto City , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. As of 2020, the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it the ninth-most populous city in Japan. More than half (56.8%) of Kyoto Prefecture's population resides in the city. The city is the cultural anchor of the substantially larger Greater Kyoto, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 3.8 million people.
Nicknamed "Thousand-Year Capital", Kyoto has an area of 828 km² and is home to 1.5 million people. Its history stretches back to 794. Visitors come for Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kinkaku-ji Golden Pavilion, Gion geisha district, and much more.
More than half of Kyoto Prefecture's entire population lives within Kyoto City itself.
Copenhagen has a population density of 7,363 people per km² — a densely populated city. Kyoto, with 1,763 people per km², is a relatively spread-out city. Copenhagen is dramatically more crowded, with 4.2x the population density.
Size Ratio
Copenhagen fits inside Kyoto ~9 times
Density Gap
Copenhagen is 4.2x more densely populated
History
Kyoto is ~373 years older
Copenhagen covers 91 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Zurich (88 km²), Lisbon (100 km²), Barcelona (101 km²), Paris (105 km²), or Vancouver (115 km²).
Kyoto covers 828 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Santiago (838 km²), New York (783 km²), Berlin (892 km²), Hamburg (755 km²), or Bangalore (741 km²).
The straight-line distance from Copenhagen to Kyoto is 8,588 km (5,336 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~10h 36m.
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