Rio De Janeiro is around the same size as San Antonio.

San Antonio (map shows its 401 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 1,292 sq km, while Rio De Janeiro is approximately 1,221 sq km, making Rio De Janeiro 94.48% the size of San Antonio.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Antonio vs. Rio De Janeiro uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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