City size comparison

compared to

Amsterdam is about 10 times smaller than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Amsterdam is approximately 166 sq km, making Amsterdam 9.99% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Amsterdam uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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