Santiago
838 km²
Seattle
369 km²
Chile
United States
Area Comparison
Santiago is 2.3x larger than Seattle
Population Comparison
Santiago has 8.5x more people than Seattle
Yes — Santiago is 2.3x larger than Seattle by area. Santiago spans 838 km² (324 mi²) while Seattle covers 369 km² (142 mi²) — a difference of 469 km². You could fit Seattle inside Santiago approximately 2 times.
To put Santiago's size in perspective, its area of 838 km² is roughly the same size as Berlin. Meanwhile, Seattle at 369 km² is about 1.6x smaller than Seoul.
Picture Santiago another way: its area is large enough to fit about 117,000 American football fields, 14 times the area of Manhattan, or 8 times the area of Paris. Seattle works out to about 52,000 American football fields, 180 times the area of Monaco, or 110 times the area of Central Park.
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.
Known as "Santiago de Chile", Santiago covers 838 km² with a population of 6.3 million. The city was established in 1541. Santiago is known for Cerro San Cristóbal, Gran Torre Santiago, Plaza de Armas, among other attractions.
Santiago sits in the Chilean Central Valley between the Andes and the Coastal Range, anchoring over a third of Chile's population.
Seattle is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It is the 18th-most populous city in the United States with a population of 780,995 in 2024, while the Seattle metropolitan area at over 4.15 million residents is the 15th-most populous metropolitan area in the nation. The city is the county seat of King County, the most populous county in Washington.
Often called "The Emerald City", Seattle has an area of 369 km² and is home to 0.7 million people. The city dates back to 1851. Visitors come for Space Needle, Pike Place Market, Starbucks headquarters, and much more.
Seattle is Washington's most populous city with 780,995 residents in 2024, anchoring the Pacific Northwest.
Santiago has a population density of 7,470 people per km² — a densely populated city. Seattle, with 2,005 people per km², is a moderately dense city. Santiago is dramatically more crowded, with 3.7x the population density.
Size Ratio
Seattle fits inside Santiago ~2 times
Density Gap
Santiago is 3.7x more densely populated
History
Santiago is ~310 years older
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).
Seattle covers 369 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Philadelphia (370 km²), Dhaka (368 km²), Portland (376 km²), Atlanta (348 km²), or Denver (401 km²).
The straight-line distance from Santiago to Seattle is 10,378 km (6,448 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~12h 43m.
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