City size comparison

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Cologne is about 4.1 times smaller than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Cologne is approximately 405 sq km, making Cologne 24.42% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Cologne uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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