Sardinia is an island of Italy located in the Mediterranean sea, whereas Rhodes is one of the islands of the country of Greece. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between Sardinia and Rhodes regarding various aspects.
Size
Is Sardinia bigger than Rhodes?
The total area of Sardinia is 24,090 sq km, and the total area of Rhodes is 1,400.68 sq km. Sardinia is bigger than Rhodes by 22,689.32 sq km. Sardinia is around 17.2 times bigger than Rhodes.
Area of Sardinia: 24,090 sq mi ( 9,300 km2 )
Area of Rhodes: 540.81 sq mi ( 1400.68 km2 )
Population
According to the Eurostat data, the total population of Sardinia as of 2019 was estimated to be around 1.64 Million.
Based on Wikipedia, the total population of Rhodes as of 2011 was estimated to be around 115,490.
Here is some more data comparison between Sardinia and Rhodes.
Official Languages
Sardinia: Italian
Rhodes: Greek
Human Development Index
HDI of Sardinia as of 2018: 0.858
HDI of Greece as of 2018: 0.872
Sardinia Timezone:
UTC + 1 (Central European Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 2 (Central European Summer Time)
Rhodes Timezone:
UTC + 2 (Eastern European Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 3 (Eastern European Summer Time)
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Sardinia:
40° 0′ 0″ N, 9° 0′ 0″ E
Coordinates of Rhodes:
36° 10′ 0″ N, 27° 56′ 0″ E
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