City size comparison

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Munich is about 20 times smaller than Shanghai.

Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, while Munich is approximately 311 sq km, making Munich 4.9% the size of Shanghai.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Shanghai vs. Munich uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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