City size comparison

compared to

Riyadh is about 2.2 times smaller than Melbourne.

Melbourne (the 27 councils of metropolitan Melbourne, without the Yarra Ranges, Cardinia, Mornington Peninsula and Nillumbik) is approximately 3,915 sq km, while Riyadh (map shows its 9 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 1,798 sq km, making Riyadh 45.92% the size of Melbourne.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Melbourne vs. Riyadh uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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