Doha
132 km²
Kyoto
828 km²
City Map Compare/Doha vs Kyotovs
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Area Comparison
Doha is 6.3x smaller than Kyoto
Population Comparison
Doha has 1.2x fewer people than Kyoto
Kyoto is significantly larger, covering 6.3 times the area of Doha. Kyoto spans 828 km² (320 mi²) while Doha covers 132 km² (51 mi²) — a difference of 696 km². You could fit Doha inside Kyoto approximately 6 times.
To put Doha's size in perspective, its area of 132 km² is roughly the same size as San Francisco. Meanwhile, Kyoto at 828 km² is roughly the same size as New York City.
Doha's footprint is roughly about 18,000 American football fields, 65 times the area of Monaco, or 39 times the area of Central Park — pick whichever unit feels intuitive. Kyoto, by comparison, equals about 116,000 American football fields, 14 times the area of Manhattan, or 8 times the area of Paris.
Doha is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor and Lusail, it is home to most of the country's population. It is also Qatar's fastest growing city and over 80% of the nation's population live in Doha or its surrounding suburbs, which is known collectively as the Doha Metropolitan Area.
Doha covers 132 km² with a population of 1.2 million. The city was established in 1850. Doha is known for Museum of Islamic Art, Souq Waqif, The Pearl-Qatar, among other attractions.
Doha is Qatar's fastest growing city, with over 80% of the country's population living in the Doha Metropolitan Area.
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. It was established in 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.
Doha has a population density of 9,015 people per km² — a densely populated city. Kyoto, with 1,763 people per km², is a relatively spread-out city. Doha is dramatically more crowded, with 5.1x the population density.
Size Ratio
Doha fits inside Kyoto ~6 times
Density Gap
Doha is 5.1x more densely populated
History
Kyoto is ~1,056 years older
Doha covers 132 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Miami (143 km²), San Francisco (121 km²), Minneapolis (149 km²), Vancouver (115 km²), or Dublin (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 Doha to Kyoto is 7,936 km (4,931 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~9h 50m.
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