City size comparison

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Chicago is about 7 times smaller than Melbourne.

Melbourne (the 27 councils of metropolitan Melbourne, without the Yarra Ranges, Cardinia, Mornington Peninsula and Nillumbik) is approximately 3,915 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 15.06% the size of Melbourne.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Melbourne vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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