City size comparison

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Shanghai is about 2.6 times bigger than Cape Town.

Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 158% larger than Cape Town.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Cape Town vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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