City size comparison

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Beijing is about 2.6 times bigger than Shanghai.

Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, while Beijing is approximately 16,411 sq km, making Beijing 159% larger than Shanghai.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Shanghai vs. Beijing uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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