City size comparison

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Amsterdam is about 2.4 times smaller than Cologne.

Cologne is approximately 405 sq km, while Amsterdam is approximately 166 sq km, making Amsterdam 40.93% the size of Cologne.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Cologne vs. Amsterdam uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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