Dhaka
368 km²
Kyoto
828 km²
Bangladesh
Japan
Area Comparison
Dhaka is 2.3x smaller than Kyoto
Population Comparison
Dhaka has 11.5x more people than Kyoto
Kyoto is significantly larger, covering 2.3 times the area of Dhaka. Kyoto spans 828 km² (320 mi²) while Dhaka covers 368 km² (142 mi²) — a difference of 460 km². You could fit Dhaka inside Kyoto approximately 2 times.
To put Dhaka's size in perspective, its area of 368 km² is about 1.6x smaller than Seoul. Meanwhile, Kyoto at 828 km² is roughly the same size as New York City.
Dhaka's footprint is roughly about 52,000 American football fields, 180 times the area of Monaco, or 110 times the area of Central Park — pick whichever unit feels intuitive. Kyoto works out to about 116,000 American football fields, 14 times the area of Manhattan, or 8 times the area of Paris.
Dhaka, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. With an estimated population of 36.6 million, Dhaka is the second largest city by population in the world, and is widely considered to be the most densely populated built-up urban area in the world. Dhaka is an important cultural, economic, and scientific hub of Eastern South Asia with its most affluent neighborhood Gulshan being among the most posh neighborhoods in South Asia.
Known as "Dacca", Dhaka covers 368 km² with a population of 16.8 million. Dhaka is known for Lalbagh Fort, Ahsan Manzil, Gulshan neighborhood, among other attractions.
Dhaka is the second-largest city in the world by population, with an estimated 36.6 million residents.
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.
Often called "Thousand-Year Capital", Kyoto has an area of 828 km² and is home to 1.5 million people. The city dates 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.
Dhaka has a population density of 45,652 people per km² — one of the most densely packed urban areas on Earth. Kyoto, with 1,763 people per km², is a relatively spread-out city. Dhaka is dramatically more crowded, with 25.9x the population density.
Size Ratio
Dhaka fits inside Kyoto ~2 times
Density Gap
Dhaka is 25.9x more densely populated
Dhaka covers 368 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Seattle (369 km²), Philadelphia (370 km²), Portland (376 km²), Atlanta (348 km²), or Denver (401 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 Dhaka to Kyoto is 4,530 km (2,815 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~5h 50m.
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