Hamburg
755 km²
Wuhan
8,569 km²
Germany
People's Republic of China
Area Comparison
Hamburg is 11.3x smaller than Wuhan
Population Comparison
Hamburg has 6.5x fewer people than Wuhan
In terms of area, Wuhan is 11.3x the size of Hamburg. Wuhan spans 8,569 km² (3,309 mi²) while Hamburg covers 755 km² (292 mi²) — a difference of 7,814 km². You could fit Hamburg inside Wuhan approximately 11 times.
To put Hamburg's size in perspective, its area of 755 km² is roughly the same size as New York City. Meanwhile, Wuhan at 8,569 km² is about 1.4x the size of Shanghai.
Hamburg's footprint is roughly about 106,000 American football fields, 13 times the area of Manhattan, or 7 times the area of Paris — pick whichever unit feels intuitive. Wuhan works out to about 1,200,000 American football fields, 140 times the area of Manhattan, or 81 times the area of Paris.
Hamburg, officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, is the second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and seventh-largest city in the European Union, with a population of over 1.9 million. The Hamburg Metropolitan Region has a population of over 5.1 million and is the tenth-largest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union.
Known as "Gateway to the World", Hamburg covers 755 km² with a population of 1.9 million. Hamburg is known for Port of Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie concert hall, Reeperbahn nightlife district, among other attractions.
Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany and the seventh-largest in the European Union.
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.
Nicknamed "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.
Hamburg has a population density of 2,530 people per km² — a moderately dense city. Wuhan, with 1,439 people per km², is a relatively spread-out city. Hamburg is noticeably denser, packing 1.8 times more people per square kilometer.
Size Ratio
Hamburg fits inside Wuhan ~11 times
Density Gap
Hamburg is 1.8x more densely populated
Hamburg covers 755 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Bangalore (741 km²), Singapore (733 km²), Tehran (730 km²), New York (783 km²), or Nairobi (696 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 Hamburg to Wuhan is 8,179 km (5,082 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~10h 7m.
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