Riyadh is about 1.6 times smaller than Ottawa.

Ottawa is approximately 2,779 sq km, while Riyadh (map shows its 9 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 1,798 sq km, making Riyadh 64.71% the size of Ottawa.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ottawa vs. Riyadh uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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