City size comparison

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Riga is about 1.4 times bigger than Bucharest.

Bucharest is approximately 226 sq km, while Riga is approximately 304 sq km, making Riga 35% larger than Bucharest.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bucharest vs. Riga uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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