Delhi
1,484 km²
Wuhan
8,569 km²
India
People's Republic of China
Area Comparison
Delhi is 5.8x smaller than Wuhan
Population Comparison
Delhi has 1.4x more people than Wuhan
In terms of area, Wuhan is 5.8x the size of Delhi. Wuhan spans 8,569 km² (3,309 mi²) while Delhi covers 1,484 km² (573 mi²) — a difference of 7,085 km². You could fit Delhi inside Wuhan approximately 5 times.
To put Delhi's size in perspective, its area of 1,484 km² is roughly the same size as London. Meanwhile, Wuhan at 8,569 km² is about 1.4x the size of Shanghai.
Picture Delhi another way: its area is large enough to fit about 208,000 American football fields, 25 times the area of Manhattan, or 14 times the area of Paris. For Wuhan, that's about 1,200,000 American football fields, 140 times the area of Manhattan, or 81 times the area of Paris.
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a megacity and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its right bank, Delhi shares borders with the state of Uttar Pradesh in the east and with the state of Haryana in the remaining directions. Delhi became a union territory on 1 November 1956 and the NCT in 1995. The NCT covers an area of 1,484 square kilometres (573 sq mi).
Known as "City of Djinns", Delhi covers 1,484 km² with a population of 16.8 million. The city was founded around 1500 BC. Delhi is known for Red Fort, India Gate, Qutub Minar, among other attractions. The city's main transit system is the Delhi Metro.
Delhi is a megacity and union territory of India, containing New Delhi, the capital of the country.
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.
Delhi has a population density of 11,314 people per km² — an extremely dense urban environment. Wuhan, with 1,439 people per km², is a relatively spread-out city. Delhi is dramatically more crowded, with 7.9x the population density.
Size Ratio
Delhi fits inside Wuhan ~5 times
Density Gap
Delhi is 7.9x more densely populated
Delhi covers 1,484 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Mexico City (1,485 km²), São Paulo (1,521 km²), Bangkok (1,569 km²), London (1,572 km²), or Bogotá (1,578 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 Delhi to Wuhan is 3,584 km (2,227 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~4h 43m.
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