Kyoto
828 km²
Perth
6,417 km²
Japan
Australia
Area Comparison
Kyoto is 7.8x smaller than Perth
Population Comparison
Kyoto has 1.5x fewer people than Perth
In terms of area, Perth is 7.8x the size of Kyoto. Perth spans 6,417 km² (2,478 mi²) while Kyoto covers 828 km² (320 mi²) — a difference of 5,589 km². You could fit Kyoto inside Perth approximately 7 times.
To put Kyoto's size in perspective, its area of 828 km² is roughly the same size as New York City. Meanwhile, Perth at 6,417 km² is roughly the same size as Shanghai.
Picture Kyoto another way: its area is large enough to fit about 116,000 American football fields, 14 times the area of Manhattan, or 8 times the area of Paris. For Perth, that's about 899,000 American football fields, 110 times the area of Manhattan, or 61 times the area of Paris.
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.
Known as "Thousand-Year Capital", Kyoto covers 828 km² with a population of 1.5 million. The city was established in 794. Kyoto is known for Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kinkaku-ji Golden Pavilion, Gion geisha district, among other attractions.
More than half of Kyoto Prefecture's entire population lives within Kyoto City itself.
Perth is the capital city of Western Australia. It is the fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth as of 2023. The world's most isolated major city by certain criteria, Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with most of Perth's metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp.
Also known as "City of Light", Perth has an area of 6,417 km² and is home to 2.1 million people. Its history stretches back to 1829. Visitors come for Swan River, Kings Park, Cottesloe Beach, and much more.
Perth is considered the world's most isolated major city by certain criteria, sitting on Australia's west coast.
Kyoto has a population density of 1,763 people per km² — a relatively spread-out city. Perth, with 333 people per km², is a low-density, sprawling urban area. Kyoto is dramatically more crowded, with 5.3x the population density.
Size Ratio
Kyoto fits inside Perth ~7 times
Density Gap
Kyoto is 5.3x more densely populated
History
Kyoto is ~1,035 years older
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).
Perth covers 6,417 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Shanghai (6,341 km²), Guangzhou (7,434 km²), Istanbul (5,461 km²), Wuhan (8,569 km²), or Melbourne (9,993 km²).
The straight-line distance from Kyoto to Perth is 7,731 km (4,804 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~9h 36m.
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