City size comparison

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Melbourne is about 6 times bigger than Madrid.

Madrid is approximately 604 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 548% larger than Madrid.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Madrid vs. Melbourne uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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