City size comparison

compared to

Houston is about 1.7 times smaller than Ottawa.

Ottawa is approximately 2,779 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 59.7% the size of Ottawa.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ottawa vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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