City size comparison

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Cape Town is about 6 times bigger than Wellington.

Wellington (map shows its 57 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 444 sq km, while Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, making Cape Town 453% larger than Wellington.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Wellington vs. Cape Town uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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