City size comparison

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Budapest is about 10 times smaller than Istanbul.

Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, while Budapest is approximately 525 sq km, making Budapest 9.83% the size of Istanbul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Istanbul vs. Budapest uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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