Montreal
498 km²
Sydney
12,368 km²
Canada
Australia
Area Comparison
Montreal is 24.8x smaller than Sydney
Population Comparison
Montreal has 3.0x fewer people than Sydney
Yes — Sydney is 24.8x larger than Montreal by area. Sydney spans 12,368 km² (4,775 mi²) while Montreal covers 498 km² (192 mi²) — a difference of 11,870 km². You could fit Montreal inside Sydney approximately 24 times.
To put Montreal's size in perspective, its area of 498 km² is about 1.2x smaller than Seoul. Meanwhile, Sydney at 12,368 km² is about 2.0x the size of Shanghai.
Montreal's footprint is roughly about 70,000 American football fields, 150 times the area of Central Park, or 8 times the area of Manhattan — pick whichever unit feels intuitive. 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.
Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the eighth-largest in North America. Founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", it now takes its name from Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard.
Known as "MTL", Montreal covers 498 km² with a population of 1.8 million. The city was established in 1642. Montreal is known for Mount Royal, Notre-Dame Basilica, Old Montreal, among other attractions.
Montreal was founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, meaning 'City of Mary', before adopting its current name from Mount Royal.
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.
Often called "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.
Montreal has a population density of 3,534 people per km² — a moderately dense city. Sydney, with 429 people per km², is a low-density, sprawling urban area. Montreal is dramatically more crowded, with 8.2x the population density.
Size Ratio
Montreal fits inside Sydney ~24 times
Density Gap
Montreal is 8.2x more densely populated
History
Montreal is ~146 years older
Montreal covers 498 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Prague (496 km²), Warsaw (517 km²), Budapest (525 km²), Oslo (454 km²), or Auckland (559 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 Montreal to Sydney is 16,030 km (9,961 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~19h 22m.
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