City size comparison

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Riga is about 8 times smaller than Cape Town.

Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, while Riga is approximately 304 sq km, making Riga 12.38% the size of Cape Town.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Cape Town vs. Riga uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Cape Town is 0.9% more expensive than Riga
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