City size comparison

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Bucharest is about 2.3 times smaller than Budapest.

Budapest is approximately 525 sq km, while Bucharest is approximately 226 sq km, making Bucharest 43.04% the size of Budapest.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Budapest vs. Bucharest uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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