City size comparison

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Seattle is about 6 times smaller than Los Angeles.

Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, while Seattle is approximately 217 sq km, making Seattle 17.89% the size of Los Angeles.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Los Angeles vs. Seattle uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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