City size comparison

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Kyoto is about 1.5 times smaller than Los Angeles.

Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, while Kyoto is approximately 828 sq km, making Kyoto 68.15% the size of Los Angeles.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Los Angeles vs. Kyoto uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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