City size comparison

compared to

Houston is about 4 times bigger than Athens.

Athens is approximately 412 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 303% larger than Athens.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Athens vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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