City size comparison

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Brisbane is about 1.2 times smaller than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Brisbane is approximately 1,343 sq km, making Brisbane 80.95% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Brisbane uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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