Hanoi
3,359 km²
Kyoto
828 km²
Vietnam
Japan
Area Comparison
Hanoi is 4.1x larger than Kyoto
Population Comparison
Hanoi has 5.5x more people than Kyoto
Yes — Hanoi is 4.1x larger than Kyoto by area. Hanoi spans 3,359 km² (1,297 mi²) while Kyoto covers 828 km² (320 mi²) — a difference of 2,531 km². You could fit Kyoto inside Hanoi approximately 4 times.
To put Hanoi's size in perspective, its area of 3,359 km² is about 1.2x smaller than Rhode Island. Meanwhile, Kyoto at 828 km² is roughly the same size as New York City.
In more relatable units, Hanoi's 3,359 km² is about 470,000 American football fields, 57 times the area of Manhattan, or 32 times the area of Paris. Kyoto, by comparison, equals about 116,000 American football fields, 14 times the area of Manhattan, or 8 times the area of Paris.
Hanoi is the capital and second-most populous municipality of Vietnam. It encompasses an area of 3,358.6 km2 (1,296.8 mi2), and as of 2025 has a population of 8,807,523. Hanoi had the second-highest gross regional domestic product of all Vietnamese provinces and municipalities at US$48 billion in 2023, behind Ho Chi Minh City. It hosts 78 foreign embassies, the headquarters of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA), its Vietnam National University system, and other governmental organizations.
Known as "City Between Rivers", Hanoi covers 3,359 km² with a population of 8.1 million. The city was established in 1010. Hanoi is known for Hoan Kiem Lake, Old Quarter, Temple of Literature, among other attractions. The city's main transit system is the Hanoi Metro.
Hanoi encompasses 3,358.6 square kilometers and had a population of nearly 8.8 million as of 2025.
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. 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.
Hanoi has a population density of 2,397 people per km² — a moderately dense city. Kyoto, with 1,763 people per km², is a relatively spread-out city. Both cities have comparable density, though Hanoi is slightly more compact.
Size Ratio
Kyoto fits inside Hanoi ~4 times
Density Gap
Hanoi is 1.4x more densely populated
History
Kyoto is ~216 years older
Hanoi covers 3,359 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Karachi (3,527 km²), Cairo (3,085 km²), Dubai (4,114 km²), Lima (2,672 km²), or Moscow (2,511 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 Hanoi to Kyoto is 3,306 km (2,054 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~4h 23m.
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