City size comparison

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Shanghai is about 3.8 times bigger than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 282% larger than Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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