Houston is about 12 times bigger than Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh is approximately 143 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 1,057% larger than Pittsburgh.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Pittsburgh vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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