City size comparison

compared to

Sydney is about 1.8 times smaller than Lyon.

Lyon is approximately 48 sq km, while Sydney is approximately 27 sq km, making Sydney 55.78% the size of Lyon.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lyon vs. Sydney uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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