City size comparison

compared to

Barcelona is about 39 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 Barcelona is approximately 101 sq km, making Barcelona 2.59% the size of Melbourne.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Melbourne vs. Barcelona uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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