Phoenix
1,341 km²
Santiago
838 km²
United States
Chile
Area Comparison
Phoenix is 1.6x larger than Santiago
Population Comparison
Phoenix has 3.9x fewer people than Santiago
Yes — Phoenix is 1.6x larger than Santiago by area. Phoenix spans 1,341 km² (518 mi²) while Santiago covers 838 km² (324 mi²) — a difference of 503 km².
To put Phoenix's size in perspective, its area of 1,341 km² is about 1.2x smaller than London. Meanwhile, Santiago at 838 km² is roughly the same size as Berlin.
Picture Phoenix another way: its area is large enough to fit about 188,000 American football fields, 23 times the area of Manhattan, or 13 times the area of Paris. Santiago works out to about 117,000 American football fields, 14 times the area of Manhattan, or 8 times the area of Paris.
Phoenix is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona. With over 1.6 million residents at the 2020 census, Phoenix is the fifth-most populous city in the United States and the most populous state capital. The Phoenix metropolitan area, with an estimated 5.19 million residents, is the tenth-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. and the most populous in the Mountain states and Southwest.
Known as "Valley of the Sun", Phoenix covers 1,341 km² with a population of 1.6 million. The city was established in 1868. Phoenix is known for Camelback Mountain, Desert Botanical Garden, Heard Museum, among other attractions.
Phoenix is the most populous U.S. state capital and the fifth-largest city in the country with 1.6 million residents.
Santiago, also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. Located in the Chilean Central Valley within the Santiago Basin, between the Andes to the east and the Chilean Coastal Range to the west, it anchors the Santiago Metropolitan Region and its conurbation of Greater Santiago, which comprises more than forty communes and concentrates over a third of the national population and around 45% of Chile's GDP.
Often called "Santiago de Chile", Santiago has an area of 838 km² and is home to 6.3 million people. The city dates back to 1541. Visitors come for Cerro San Cristóbal, Gran Torre Santiago, Plaza de Armas, and much more.
Santiago sits in the Chilean Central Valley between the Andes and the Coastal Range, anchoring over a third of Chile's population.
Phoenix has a population density of 1,201 people per km² — a relatively spread-out city. Santiago, with 7,470 people per km², is a densely populated city. Santiago is dramatically more crowded, with 6.2x the population density.
Density Gap
Santiago is 6.2x more densely populated
History
Santiago is ~327 years older
Phoenix covers 1,341 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Los Angeles (1,302 km²), Rome (1,285 km²), Rio de Janeiro (1,221 km²), Delhi (1,484 km²), or Mexico City (1,485 km²).
Santiago covers 838 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Kyoto (828 km²), Berlin (892 km²), New York (783 km²), Hamburg (755 km²), or Bangalore (741 km²).
The straight-line distance from Phoenix to Santiago is 8,605 km (5,347 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~10h 37m.
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