City size comparison

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Houston is about 3.8 times smaller than Shanghai.

Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 26.16% the size of Shanghai.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Shanghai vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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