City size comparison

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Sao Paulo is about 1.2 times bigger than Los Angeles.

Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, while Sao Paulo is approximately 1,523 sq km, making Sao Paulo 25% larger than Los Angeles.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Los Angeles vs. Sao Paulo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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