Sydney
12,368 km²
Wuhan
8,569 km²
Australia
People's Republic of China
Area Comparison
Sydney is 1.4x larger than Wuhan
Population Comparison
Sydney has 2.3x fewer people than Wuhan
In terms of area, Sydney is 1.4x the size of Wuhan. Sydney spans 12,368 km² (4,775 mi²) while Wuhan covers 8,569 km² (3,309 mi²) — a difference of 3,799 km².
To put Sydney's size in perspective, its area of 12,368 km² is about 2.0x the size of Shanghai. Meanwhile, Wuhan at 8,569 km² is about 1.4x the size of Shanghai.
Picture Sydney another way: its area is large enough to fit about 1,700,000 American football fields, 120 times the area of Paris, or 100 times the area of San Francisco. Wuhan works out to about 1,200,000 American football fields, 140 times the area of Manhattan, or 81 times the area of Paris.
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and is the most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 kilometres (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 kilometres (50 mi) from Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west, to the Royal National Park and Macarthur in the south and south-west.
Known as "Sydneysiders", Sydney covers 12,368 km² with a population of 5.3 million. The city was established in 1788. Sydney is known for Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Bondi Beach, among other attractions. The city's main transit system is the Sydney Trains.
Sydney stretches roughly 80 km from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west.
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.
Sydney has a population density of 429 people per km² — a low-density, sprawling urban area. Wuhan, with 1,439 people per km², is a relatively spread-out city. Wuhan is dramatically more crowded, with 3.4x the population density.
Density Gap
Wuhan is 3.4x more densely populated
Sydney covers 12,368 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Chengdu (14,378 km²), Xi'an (10,097 km²), Melbourne (9,993 km²), Brisbane (15,826 km²), or Beijing (16,411 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 Sydney to Wuhan is 8,148 km (5,063 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~10h 5m.
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