City size comparison

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Manchester is about 14 times smaller than London.

London (including the 32 boroughs of greater London) is approximately 1,572 sq km, while Manchester is approximately 116 sq km, making Manchester 7.35% the size of London.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of London vs. Manchester uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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