City size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 3.8 times bigger than Honolulu.

Honolulu is approximately 157 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 276% larger than Honolulu.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Honolulu vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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