City size comparison

compared to

Houston is about 13 times bigger than Long Beach.

Long Beach is approximately 131 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 1,164% larger than Long Beach.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Long Beach vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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