Rio De Janeiro is about 1.5 times bigger than Austin.

Austin is approximately 829 sq km, while Rio De Janeiro is approximately 1,221 sq km, making Rio De Janeiro 47% larger than Austin.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Austin vs. Rio De Janeiro uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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