City size comparison

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Los Angeles is about 14 times bigger than Zurich.

Zurich is approximately 88 sq km, while Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, making Los Angeles 1,282% larger than Zurich.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zurich vs. Los Angeles uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Zurich is 49.0% more expensive than Los Angeles
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