City size comparison

compared to

Moscow is around the same size as Cape Town.

Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, while Moscow (map shows its 125 districts within the pre-2012 boundary; the area includes New Moscow) is approximately 2,562 sq km, making Moscow 4% larger than Cape Town.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Cape Town vs. Moscow uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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