Portland
376 km²
Santiago
838 km²
United States
Chile
Area Comparison
Portland is 2.2x smaller than Santiago
Population Comparison
Portland has 9.6x fewer people than Santiago
In terms of area, Santiago is 2.2x the size of Portland. Santiago spans 838 km² (324 mi²) while Portland covers 376 km² (145 mi²) — a difference of 462 km². You could fit Portland inside Santiago approximately 2 times.
To put Portland's size in perspective, its area of 376 km² is about 1.6x smaller than Seoul. Meanwhile, Santiago at 838 km² is roughly the same size as Berlin.
Picture Portland another way: its area is large enough to fit about 53,000 American football fields, 190 times the area of Monaco, or 110 times the area of Central Park. Santiago, by comparison, equals about 117,000 American football fields, 14 times the area of Manhattan, or 8 times the area of Paris.
Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Located in the Pacific Northwest at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the 28th-most populous city in the United States, sixth-most populous on the West Coast, and fourth-most populous in the Pacific Northwest, with a population of 652,503 at the 2020 census. The Portland metropolitan area, with over 2.54 million residents, is the 26th-largest metropolitan area in the nation.
Known as "Rose City", Portland covers 376 km² with a population of 0.7 million. Portland is known for Powell's City of Books, Voodoo Doughnut, Washington Park, among other attractions.
Portland sits at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the Pacific Northwest.
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.
Nicknamed "Santiago de Chile", Santiago has an area of 838 km² and is home to 6.3 million people. It was established in 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.
Portland has a population density of 1,729 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 4.3x the population density.
Size Ratio
Portland fits inside Santiago ~2 times
Density Gap
Santiago is 4.3x more densely populated
Portland covers 376 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Philadelphia (370 km²), Seattle (369 km²), Dhaka (368 km²), Denver (401 km²), or Atlanta (348 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 Portland to Santiago is 10,221 km (6,351 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~12h 31m.
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