City size comparison

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Amsterdam is about 1.4 times bigger than Manchester.

Manchester is approximately 116 sq km, while Amsterdam is approximately 166 sq km, making Amsterdam 43% larger than Manchester.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Manchester vs. Amsterdam uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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