City size comparison

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Moscow is about 1.5 times bigger than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Moscow is approximately 2,562 sq km, making Moscow 54% larger than Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Moscow uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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