City size comparison

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Rochester is about 6 times smaller than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Rochester is approximately 93 sq km, making Rochester 15.7% the size of Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Rochester uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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