City size comparison

compared to

Lyon is about 3.3 times smaller than Washington.

Washington is approximately 158 sq km, while Lyon is approximately 48 sq km, making Lyon 30.24% the size of Washington.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Washington vs. Lyon uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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