City size comparison

compared to

Sacramento is about 7 times smaller than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Sacramento is approximately 253 sq km, making Sacramento 15.25% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Sacramento uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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