City size comparison

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Barcelona is about 15 times smaller than Sao Paulo.

Sao Paulo is approximately 1,523 sq km, while Barcelona is approximately 101 sq km, making Barcelona 6.65% the size of Sao Paulo.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sao Paulo vs. Barcelona uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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