City size comparison

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Rio De Janeiro is about 1.4 times smaller than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Rio De Janeiro is approximately 1,221 sq km, making Rio De Janeiro 73.61% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Rio De Janeiro uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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