Rochester is about 1.7 times smaller than Washington.

Washington is approximately 158 sq km, while Rochester is approximately 93 sq km, making Rochester 58.5% the size of Washington.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Washington vs. Rochester uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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