City size comparison

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Hamburg is about 1.3 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Hamburg is approximately 755 sq km, making Hamburg 28% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Hamburg uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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