City size comparison

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Los Angeles is about 12 times bigger than Buffalo.

Buffalo is approximately 105 sq km, while Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, making Los Angeles 1,062% larger than Buffalo.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Buffalo vs. Los Angeles uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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