City size comparison

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Philadelphia is about 1.3 times smaller than New Orleans.

New Orleans is approximately 439 sq km, while Philadelphia is approximately 348 sq km, making Philadelphia 79.28% the size of New Orleans.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Orleans vs. Philadelphia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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