City size comparison

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Providence is about 2.6 times smaller than Boston.

Boston is approximately 124 sq km, while Providence is approximately 48 sq km, making Providence 38.44% the size of Boston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Boston vs. Providence uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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