City size comparison

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Shanghai is about 2.6 times smaller than Beijing.

Beijing is approximately 16,411 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 38.64% the size of Beijing.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Beijing vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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