City size comparison

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Sao Paulo is about 2.6 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Sao Paulo is approximately 1,523 sq km, making Sao Paulo 158% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Sao Paulo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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