Sao Paulo is about 17 times bigger than Zurich.

Zurich is approximately 88 sq km, while Sao Paulo is approximately 1,523 sq km, making Sao Paulo 1,633% larger than Zurich.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zurich vs. Sao Paulo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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