City size comparison

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Boston is about 13 times smaller than London.

London (including the 32 boroughs of greater London) is approximately 1,572 sq km, while Boston is approximately 124 sq km, making Boston 7.89% the size of London.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of London vs. Boston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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