City size comparison

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Houston is about 3.2 times bigger than Budapest.

Budapest is approximately 525 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 216% larger than Budapest.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Budapest vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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