City size comparison

compared to

Chicago is around the same size as Madrid.

Madrid is approximately 604 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 97.6% the size of Madrid.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Madrid vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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