City size comparison

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Bangkok is about 2.5 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 Bangkok is approximately 1,569 sq km, making Bangkok 40.07% the size of Melbourne.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Melbourne vs. Bangkok uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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