Shenzhen
1,997 km²
Wuhan
8,569 km²
China
People's Republic of China
Area Comparison
Shenzhen is 4.3x smaller than Wuhan
Population Comparison
Shenzhen has 1.4x more people than Wuhan
In terms of area, Wuhan is 4.3x the size of Shenzhen. Wuhan spans 8,569 km² (3,309 mi²) while Shenzhen covers 1,997 km² (771 mi²) — a difference of 6,572 km². You could fit Shenzhen inside Wuhan approximately 4 times.
To put Shenzhen's size in perspective, its area of 1,997 km² is roughly the same size as Tokyo (city proper). Meanwhile, Wuhan at 8,569 km² is about 1.4x the size of Shanghai.
Picture Shenzhen another way: its area is large enough to fit about 280,000 American football fields, 34 times the area of Manhattan, or 19 times the area of Paris. For Wuhan, that's about 1,200,000 American football fields, 140 times the area of Manhattan, or 81 times the area of Paris.
Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong, China. A special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of Guangdong, bordering Hong Kong to the south, Dongguan to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, and Macau to the southwest. With a population of 17.5 million in 2020, Shenzhen is the third-most-populous city by urban population in China after Shanghai and Beijing.
Known as "China's Silicon Valley", Shenzhen covers 1,997 km² with a population of 17.6 million. The city was established in 1979. Shenzhen is known for Ping An Finance Centre, Window of the World, OCT Loft, among other attractions. The city's main transit system is the Shenzhen Metro.
Shenzhen grew from a small town into China's third-most-populous urban city, hitting 17.5 million residents by 2020
Wuhan is the capital of Hubei, China. With a population of 13,739,000, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the seventh-most-populous city in China. It is also one of China's nine national central cities.
Also known as "River City", Wuhan has an area of 8,569 km² and is home to 12.3 million people. Visitors come for Yellow Crane Tower, Yangtze River confluence, East Lake, and much more.
Wuhan houses 13.7 million residents, ranking as the seventh-most populous city in all of China.
Shenzhen has a population density of 8,793 people per km² — a densely populated city. Wuhan, with 1,439 people per km², is a relatively spread-out city. Shenzhen is dramatically more crowded, with 6.1x the population density.
Size Ratio
Shenzhen fits inside Wuhan ~4 times
Density Gap
Shenzhen is 6.1x more densely populated
Shenzhen covers 1,997 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Ho Chi Minh City (2,061 km²), Tokyo (2,194 km²), Riyadh (1,798 km²), Houston (1,725 km²), or Johannesburg (1,644 km²).
Wuhan covers 8,569 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Guangzhou (7,434 km²), Melbourne (9,993 km²), Xi'an (10,097 km²), Perth (6,417 km²), or Shanghai (6,341 km²).
The straight-line distance from Shenzhen to Wuhan is 896 km (557 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~1h 33m.
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