City size comparison

compared to

Houston is about 3.2 times smaller than Istanbul.

Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 31.04% the size of Istanbul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Istanbul vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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