Bucharest is about 1.4 times smaller than Riga.

Riga is approximately 304 sq km, while Bucharest is approximately 226 sq km, making Bucharest 74.34% the size of Riga.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Riga vs. Bucharest uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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