City size comparison

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Shanghai is about 12 times bigger than Budapest.

Budapest is approximately 525 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 1,107% larger than Budapest.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Budapest vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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