Dublin
115 km²
Santiago
838 km²
City Map Compare/Dublin vs Santiagovs
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Area Comparison
Dublin is 7.3x smaller than Santiago
Population Comparison
Dublin has 10.6x fewer people than Santiago
In terms of area, Santiago is 7.3x the size of Dublin. Santiago spans 838 km² (324 mi²) while Dublin covers 115 km² (44 mi²) — a difference of 723 km². You could fit Dublin inside Santiago approximately 7 times.
To put Dublin's size in perspective, its area of 115 km² is roughly the same size as San Francisco. Meanwhile, Santiago at 838 km² is roughly the same size as Berlin.
Picture Dublin another way: its area is large enough to fit about 16,000 American football fields, 57 times the area of Monaco, or 34 times the area of Central Park. Santiago works out to about 117,000 American football fields, 14 times the area of Manhattan, or 8 times the area of Paris.
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, part of the Wicklow Mountains range. Dublin is the largest city by population on the island of Ireland; at the 2022 census, the city council area had a population of 592,713, while the city, including suburbs, had a population of 1,263,219, and County Dublin had a population of 1,501,500.
Known as "The Fair City", Dublin covers 115 km² with a population of 0.6 million. The city was established in 841. Dublin is known for Trinity College, Guinness Storehouse, Temple Bar, among other attractions.
Dublin sits on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, bordered to the south by the Dublin Mountains.
Santiago, also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. Located in the Chilean Central Valley within the Santiago Basin, between the Andes to the east and the Chilean Coastal Range to the west, it anchors the Santiago Metropolitan Region and its conurbation of Greater Santiago, which comprises more than forty communes and concentrates over a third of the national population and around 45% of Chile's GDP.
Also known as "Santiago de Chile", Santiago has an area of 838 km² and is home to 6.3 million people. It was established in 1541. Visitors come for Cerro San Cristóbal, Gran Torre Santiago, Plaza de Armas, and much more.
Santiago sits in the Chilean Central Valley between the Andes and the Coastal Range, anchoring over a third of Chile's population.
Dublin has a population density of 5,130 people per km² — a densely populated city. Santiago, with 7,470 people per km², is a densely populated city. Both cities have comparable density, though Santiago is slightly more compact.
Size Ratio
Dublin fits inside Santiago ~7 times
Density Gap
Santiago is 1.5x more densely populated
History
Dublin is ~700 years older
Dublin covers 115 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Vancouver (115 km²), San Francisco (121 km²), Paris (105 km²), Barcelona (101 km²), or Doha (132 km²).
Santiago covers 838 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Kyoto (828 km²), Berlin (892 km²), New York (783 km²), Hamburg (755 km²), or Bangalore (741 km²).
The straight-line distance from Dublin to Santiago is 11,465 km (7,124 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~13h 59m.
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