City size comparison

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London is around the same size as Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while London (including the 32 boroughs of greater London) is approximately 1,572 sq km, making London 94.77% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. London uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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