City size comparison

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Madrid is about 2.5 times smaller than Sao Paulo.

Sao Paulo is approximately 1,523 sq km, while Madrid is approximately 604 sq km, making Madrid 39.68% the size of Sao Paulo.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sao Paulo vs. Madrid uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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