City size comparison

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Phoenix is about 3.7 times bigger than Detroit.

Detroit is approximately 359 sq km, while Phoenix is approximately 1,342 sq km, making Phoenix 274% larger than Detroit.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Detroit vs. Phoenix uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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