City size comparison

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Sao Paulo is about 11 times smaller than Beijing.

Beijing is approximately 16,411 sq km, while Sao Paulo is approximately 1,523 sq km, making Sao Paulo 9.28% the size of Beijing.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Beijing vs. Sao Paulo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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