Riyadh
1,798 km²
Tel Aviv
52 km²
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Area Comparison
Riyadh is 34.6x larger than Tel Aviv
Population Comparison
Riyadh has 14.9x more people than Tel Aviv
Yes — Riyadh is 34.6x larger than Tel Aviv by area. Riyadh spans 1,798 km² (694 mi²) while Tel Aviv covers 52 km² (20 mi²) — a difference of 1,746 km². You could fit Tel Aviv inside Riyadh approximately 34 times.
To put Riyadh's size in perspective, its area of 1,798 km² is about 1.1x the size of London. Meanwhile, Tel Aviv at 52 km² is about 1.1x smaller than Manhattan.
Picture Riyadh another way: its area is large enough to fit about 252,000 American football fields, 30 times the area of Manhattan, or 17 times the area of Paris. Tel Aviv works out to about 7,300 American football fields, 110 times the area of Vatican City, or 26 times the area of Monaco.
Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the Riyadh Governorate. Located on the eastern bank of Wadi Hanifa, the current form of the metropolis largely emerged in the 1950s as an expansion of the 18th-century walled town, following the dismantling of its defensive fortifications.
Riyadh covers 1,798 km² with a population of 7.0 million. The city was established in 1746. Riyadh is known for Kingdom Centre Tower, Masmak Fortress, Al Faisaliah Tower, among other attractions.
Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia, sitting on the eastern bank of Wadi Hanifa.
Tel Aviv, officially Tel Aviv-Yafo, and also known as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a population of 494,900, it is the economic and technological center of the country and a global high-tech hub. If East Jerusalem is considered part of Israel, Tel Aviv is the country's second-most-populous city, after Jerusalem; if not, Tel Aviv is the most populous city, ahead of West Jerusalem.
Often called "Tel Aviv-Jaffa", Tel Aviv has an area of 52 km² and is home to 0.5 million people. Its history stretches back to 1909. Visitors come for White City Bauhaus architecture, Jaffa Old City, Carmel Market, and much more.
Tel Aviv is the economic and technological center of Israel and a global high-tech hub on the Mediterranean coast.
Riyadh has a population density of 3,899 people per km² — a moderately dense city. Tel Aviv, with 9,038 people per km², is a densely populated city. Tel Aviv is noticeably denser, packing 2.3 times more people per square kilometer.
Size Ratio
Tel Aviv fits inside Riyadh ~34 times
Density Gap
Tel Aviv is 2.3x more densely populated
History
Riyadh is ~163 years older
Riyadh covers 1,798 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Houston (1,725 km²), Johannesburg (1,644 km²), Shenzhen (1,997 km²), Bogotá (1,578 km²), or London (1,572 km²).
Tel Aviv covers 52 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Manila (43 km²), Athens (39 km²), Zurich (88 km²), Copenhagen (91 km²), or Lisbon (100 km²).
The straight-line distance from Riyadh to Tel Aviv is 1,430 km (889 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~2h 11m.
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