City size comparison

compared to

Edinburgh is around the same size as Lincoln.

Lincoln (map shows its 45 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 262 sq km, while Edinburgh (map shows its 30 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 259 sq km, making Edinburgh 98.91% the size of Lincoln.

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lincoln vs. Edinburgh uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.