City size comparison

compared to

Madrid is about 2.7 times smaller than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Madrid is approximately 604 sq km, making Madrid 36.43% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Madrid uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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