City size comparison

compared to

Houston is about 13 times bigger than Boston.

Boston is approximately 124 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 1,238% larger than Boston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Boston vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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