Hyderabad
650 km²
Sydney
12,368 km²
India
Australia
Area Comparison
Hyderabad is 19.0x smaller than Sydney
Population Comparison
Hyderabad has 1.8x more people than Sydney
Sydney is significantly larger, covering 19.0 times the area of Hyderabad. Sydney spans 12,368 km² (4,775 mi²) while Hyderabad covers 650 km² (251 mi²) — a difference of 11,718 km². You could fit Hyderabad inside Sydney approximately 19 times.
To put Hyderabad's size in perspective, its area of 650 km² is roughly the same size as Seoul. Meanwhile, Sydney at 12,368 km² is about 2.0x the size of Shanghai.
Picture Hyderabad another way: its area is large enough to fit about 91,000 American football fields, 190 times the area of Central Park, or 11 times the area of Manhattan. Sydney works out to about 1,700,000 American football fields, 120 times the area of Paris, or 100 times the area of San Francisco.
Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies 650 km2 (250 sq mi) on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of South India. With an average altitude of 536 m (1,759 ft), much of Hyderabad is situated on hilly terrain around artificial lakes, including the Hussain Sagar lake, predating the city's founding, in the north of the city centre.
Known as "City of Pearls", Hyderabad covers 650 km² with a population of 9.3 million. The city was established in 1592. Hyderabad is known for Charminar, Hussain Sagar Lake, Golconda Fort, among other attractions.
Hyderabad sprawls across 650 square kilometres on the Deccan Plateau, perched at an average altitude of 536 metres.
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and is the most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 kilometres (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 kilometres (50 mi) from Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west, to the Royal National Park and Macarthur in the south and south-west.
Nicknamed "Sydneysiders", Sydney has an area of 12,368 km² and is home to 5.3 million people. Its history stretches back to 1788. Visitors come for Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Bondi Beach, and much more. Getting around is easy with the Sydney Trains.
Sydney stretches roughly 80 km from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west.
Hyderabad has a population density of 14,323 people per km² — an extremely dense urban environment. Sydney, with 429 people per km², is a low-density, sprawling urban area. Hyderabad is dramatically more crowded, with 33.4x the population density.
Size Ratio
Hyderabad fits inside Sydney ~19 times
Density Gap
Hyderabad is 33.4x more densely populated
History
Hyderabad is ~196 years older
Hyderabad covers 650 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Jakarta (662 km²), Toronto (630 km²), Nairobi (696 km²), Chicago (606 km²), or Seoul (605 km²).
Sydney covers 12,368 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Chengdu (14,378 km²), Xi'an (10,097 km²), Melbourne (9,993 km²), Brisbane (15,826 km²), or Beijing (16,411 km²).
The straight-line distance from Hyderabad to Sydney is 9,568 km (5,945 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~11h 45m.
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