City size comparison

compared to

Melbourne is about 101 times bigger than Alexandria.

Alexandria is approximately 39 sq km, while Melbourne (the 27 councils of metropolitan Melbourne, without the Yarra Ranges, Cardinia, Mornington Peninsula and Nillumbik) is approximately 3,915 sq km, making Melbourne 10,021% larger than Alexandria.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alexandria vs. Melbourne uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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