City size comparison

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Brisbane is about 2.9 times smaller than Melbourne.

Melbourne (the 27 councils of metropolitan Melbourne, without the Yarra Ranges, Cardinia, Mornington Peninsula and Nillumbik) is approximately 3,915 sq km, while Brisbane is approximately 1,343 sq km, making Brisbane 34.3% the size of Melbourne.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Melbourne vs. Brisbane uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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