City size comparison

compared to

Moscow is about 1.4 times bigger than Riyadh.

Riyadh (map shows its 9 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 1,798 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 42% larger than Riyadh.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Riyadh vs. Moscow uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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