City size comparison

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Madrid is about 2.3 times bigger than Edinburgh.

Edinburgh (map shows its 30 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 259 sq km, while Madrid is approximately 604 sq km, making Madrid 133% larger than Edinburgh.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Edinburgh vs. Madrid uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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