City size comparison

compared to

Shanghai is about 12 times bigger than Warsaw.

Warsaw is approximately 517 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 1,126% larger than Warsaw.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Warsaw vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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