City size comparison

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Sao Paulo is about 4.2 times smaller than Shanghai.

Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, while Sao Paulo is approximately 1,523 sq km, making Sao Paulo 24.02% the size of Shanghai.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Shanghai vs. Sao Paulo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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