City size comparison

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Boston is about 12 times smaller than Mexico City.

Mexico City is approximately 1,485 sq km, while Boston is approximately 124 sq km, making Boston 8.35% the size of Mexico City.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mexico City vs. Boston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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