City size comparison

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Barcelona is about 6 times smaller than Madrid.

Madrid is approximately 604 sq km, while Barcelona is approximately 101 sq km, making Barcelona 16.76% the size of Madrid.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Madrid vs. Barcelona uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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