City size comparison

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Cape Town is about 11 times bigger than Bucharest.

Bucharest is approximately 226 sq km, while Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, making Cape Town 986% larger than Bucharest.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bucharest vs. Cape Town uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Bucharest is 10.3% cheaper than Cape Town
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