City size comparison

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Melbourne is about 24 times bigger than Amsterdam.

Amsterdam is approximately 166 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 2,262% larger than Amsterdam.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Amsterdam vs. Melbourne uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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