Columbus is about 1.5 times bigger than Raleigh.

Raleigh is approximately 391 sq km, while Columbus is approximately 574 sq km, making Columbus 47% larger than Raleigh.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Raleigh vs. Columbus uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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