City size comparison

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Shanghai is about 2.5 times bigger than Moscow.

Moscow (map shows its 125 districts within the pre-2012 boundary; the area includes New Moscow) is approximately 2,562 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 148% larger than Moscow.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Moscow vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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