City size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 1.4 times bigger than Athens.

Athens is approximately 412 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 43% larger than Athens.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Athens vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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