City size comparison

compared to

Lyon is about 4.5 times smaller than Seattle.

Seattle is approximately 217 sq km, while Lyon is approximately 48 sq km, making Lyon 22.03% the size of Seattle.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Seattle vs. Lyon uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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