City size comparison

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Melbourne is about 1.2 times smaller than Auckland.

Auckland is approximately 4,894 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 80.0% the size of Auckland.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Auckland vs. Melbourne uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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