Houston is about 28 times bigger than Pasadena.

Pasadena is approximately 59 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 2,689% larger than Pasadena.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Pasadena vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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