City size comparison

compared to

Phoenix is about 1.2 times smaller than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Phoenix is approximately 1,342 sq km, making Phoenix 80.92% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Phoenix uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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