City size comparison

compared to

Amsterdam is about 24 times smaller than Melbourne.

Melbourne (the 27 councils of metropolitan Melbourne, without the Yarra Ranges, Cardinia, Mornington Peninsula and Nillumbik) is approximately 3,915 sq km, while Amsterdam is approximately 166 sq km, making Amsterdam 4.23% the size of Melbourne.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Melbourne vs. Amsterdam uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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