City size comparison

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Budapest is about 2.3 times bigger than Bucharest.

Bucharest is approximately 226 sq km, while Budapest is approximately 525 sq km, making Budapest 132% larger than Bucharest.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bucharest vs. Budapest uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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