City size comparison

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Moscow is about 1.6 times bigger than London.

London (including the 32 boroughs of greater London) is approximately 1,572 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 63% larger than London.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of London vs. Moscow uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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