City size comparison

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Raleigh is about 2.5 times bigger than Richmond.

Richmond is approximately 155 sq km, while Raleigh is approximately 391 sq km, making Raleigh 152% larger than Richmond.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Richmond vs. Raleigh uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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