City size comparison

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Chicago is about 1.9 times bigger than Munich.

Munich is approximately 311 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 90% larger than Munich.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Munich vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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