City size comparison

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Cape Town is about 8 times bigger than Riga.

Riga is approximately 304 sq km, while Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, making Cape Town 707% larger than Riga.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Riga vs. Cape Town uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Riga is 0.9% cheaper than Cape Town
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