City size comparison

compared to

Melbourne is about 32 times bigger than Vancouver.

Vancouver is approximately 124 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 3,067% larger than Vancouver.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Vancouver vs. Melbourne uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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