City size comparison

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Auckland is about 3 times bigger than Johannesburg.

Johannesburg is approximately 1,644 sq km, while Auckland is approximately 4,894 sq km, making Auckland 198% larger than Johannesburg.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Johannesburg vs. Auckland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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