Rome is about 1.3 times smaller than Johannesburg.

Johannesburg is approximately 1,644 sq km, while Rome is approximately 1,287 sq km, making Rome 78.31% the size of Johannesburg.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Johannesburg vs. Rome uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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