Gisborne is about 3.1 times smaller than Dublin.

Dublin is approximately 118 sq km, while Gisborne (map shows its 10 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 38 sq km, making Gisborne 32.61% the size of Dublin.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Dublin vs. Gisborne uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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