Hangzhou
16,854 km²
Kyoto
828 km²
People's Republic of China
Japan
Area Comparison
Hangzhou is 20.4x larger than Kyoto
Population Comparison
Hangzhou has 8.2x more people than Kyoto
Yes — Hangzhou is 20.4x larger than Kyoto by area. Hangzhou spans 16,854 km² (6,507 mi²) while Kyoto covers 828 km² (320 mi²) — a difference of 16,026 km². You could fit Kyoto inside Hangzhou approximately 20 times.
To put Hangzhou's size in perspective, its area of 16,854 km² is about 2.7x the size of Shanghai. Meanwhile, Kyoto at 828 km² is roughly the same size as New York City.
In more relatable units, Hangzhou's 16,854 km² is about 2,400,000 American football fields, 160 times the area of Paris, or 140 times the area of San Francisco. Kyoto works out to about 116,000 American football fields, 14 times the area of Manhattan, or 8 times the area of Paris.
Hangzhou is the capital city and most populous city of Zhejiang province, China, situated at the intersection of the southern terminus of the Grand Canal and the head of Hangzhou Bay. Renowned as one of the Eight Ancient Capitals of China, Hangzhou is celebrated for its cultural heritage and its West Lake, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Known as "Paradise on Earth", Hangzhou covers 16,854 km² with a population of 11.9 million. Hangzhou is known for West Lake, Grand Canal terminus, Lingyin Temple, among other attractions.
Hangzhou's West Lake is a UNESCO World Heritage site, drawing visitors to its celebrated cultural landscape.
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. 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.
Hangzhou has a population density of 708 people per km² — a relatively spread-out city. Kyoto, with 1,763 people per km², is a relatively spread-out city. Kyoto is noticeably denser, packing 2.5 times more people per square kilometer.
Size Ratio
Kyoto fits inside Hangzhou ~20 times
Density Gap
Kyoto is 2.5x more densely populated
Hangzhou covers 16,854 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Beijing (16,411 km²), Brisbane (15,826 km²), Chengdu (14,378 km²), Sydney (12,368 km²), or Xi'an (10,097 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 Hangzhou to Kyoto is 1,552 km (965 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~2h 20m.
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