City size comparison

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Riga is about 1.4 times bigger than Helsinki.

Helsinki is approximately 214 sq km, while Riga is approximately 304 sq km, making Riga 42% larger than Helsinki.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Helsinki vs. Riga uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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