Vienna
415 km²
Wuhan
8,569 km²
Austria
People's Republic of China
Area Comparison
Vienna is 20.6x smaller than Wuhan
Population Comparison
Vienna has 6.2x fewer people than Wuhan
Yes — Wuhan is 20.6x larger than Vienna by area. Wuhan spans 8,569 km² (3,309 mi²) while Vienna covers 415 km² (160 mi²) — a difference of 8,154 km². You could fit Vienna inside Wuhan approximately 20 times.
To put Vienna's size in perspective, its area of 415 km² is about 1.5x smaller than Seoul. Meanwhile, Wuhan at 8,569 km² is about 1.4x the size of Shanghai.
Picture Vienna another way: its area is large enough to fit about 58,000 American football fields, 120 times the area of Central Park, or 7 times the area of Manhattan. Wuhan works out to about 1,200,000 American football fields, 140 times the area of Manhattan, or 81 times the area of Paris.
Vienna is the capital, most populous city, and one of the nine states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. Its larger metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.9 million, representing nearly one-third of the country's population. Vienna is the cultural, economic, and political centre of the country, the fifth-largest city by population in the European Union, and the most populous of the cities on the river Danube.
Known as "City of Music", Vienna covers 415 km² with a population of 2.0 million. The city was founded around 500 BC. Vienna is known for Schönbrunn Palace, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Hofburg Palace, among other attractions. The city's main transit system is the Wiener Linien (U-Bahn).
Vienna's metropolitan area holds nearly 2.9 million people, representing roughly one-third of Austria's entire population
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.
Nicknamed "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.
Vienna has a population density of 4,771 people per km² — a moderately dense city. Wuhan, with 1,439 people per km², is a relatively spread-out city. Vienna is dramatically more crowded, with 3.3x the population density.
Size Ratio
Vienna fits inside Wuhan ~20 times
Density Gap
Vienna is 3.3x more densely populated
Vienna covers 415 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Denver (401 km²), Oslo (454 km²), Portland (376 km²), Philadelphia (370 km²), or Seattle (369 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 Vienna to Wuhan is 8,064 km (5,011 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~9h 59m.
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