City size comparison

compared to

Boston is about 13 times smaller than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Boston is approximately 124 sq km, making Boston 7.48% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Boston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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