Salt Lake City is about 4.5 times smaller than Rome.

Rome is approximately 1,287 sq km, while Salt Lake City is approximately 287 sq km, making Salt Lake City 22.31% the size of Rome.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rome vs. Salt Lake City uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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