City size comparison

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Budapest is around the same size as Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Budapest is approximately 525 sq km, making Budapest 89.03% the size of Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Budapest uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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