City size comparison

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Cape Town is about 1.6 times bigger than Bangkok.

Bangkok is approximately 1,569 sq km, while Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, making Cape Town 56% larger than Bangkok.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bangkok vs. Cape Town uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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