City size comparison

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Madrid is about 6 times bigger than Barcelona.

Barcelona is approximately 101 sq km, while Madrid is approximately 604 sq km, making Madrid 497% larger than Barcelona.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Barcelona vs. Madrid uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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