City size comparison

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Buenos Aires is about 2.9 times smaller than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Buenos Aires is approximately 203 sq km, making Buenos Aires 34.47% the size of Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Buenos Aires uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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