Lincoln is about 1.7 times smaller than Wellington.

Wellington (map shows its 57 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 444 sq km, while Lincoln (map shows its 45 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 262 sq km, making Lincoln 58.97% the size of Wellington.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Wellington vs. Lincoln uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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