City size comparison

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Barcelona is about 1.6 times smaller than Washington.

Washington is approximately 158 sq km, while Barcelona is approximately 101 sq km, making Barcelona 63.99% the size of Washington.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Washington vs. Barcelona uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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