City size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 1.4 times bigger than Venice.

Venice is approximately 415 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 42% larger than Venice.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Venice vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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