City size comparison

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Melbourne is about 18 times bigger than Seattle.

Seattle is approximately 217 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 1,702% larger than Seattle.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Seattle vs. Melbourne uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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