Boston is about 1.2 times smaller than Dayton.

Dayton is approximately 145 sq km, while Boston is approximately 124 sq km, making Boston 85.78% the size of Dayton.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Dayton vs. Boston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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