City size comparison

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Rio De Janeiro is about 2 times bigger than Madrid.

Madrid is approximately 604 sq km, while Rio De Janeiro is approximately 1,221 sq km, making Rio De Janeiro 102% larger than Madrid.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Madrid vs. Rio De Janeiro uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Madrid is 84.5% more expensive than Rio De Janeiro
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