City size comparison

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Rio De Janeiro is about 1.2 times smaller than Mexico City.

Mexico City is approximately 1,485 sq km, while Rio De Janeiro is approximately 1,221 sq km, making Rio De Janeiro 82.22% the size of Mexico City.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mexico City vs. Rio De Janeiro uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Mexico City is 11.9% more expensive than Rio De Janeiro
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