City size comparison

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Melbourne is about 1.6 times smaller than Shanghai.

Shanghai is approximately 6,341 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 61.74% the size of Shanghai.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Shanghai vs. Melbourne uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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