City size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 1.9 times bigger than Riga.

Riga is approximately 304 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 94% larger than Riga.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Riga vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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