City size comparison

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Tehran is about 3.6 times smaller than Cape Town.

Cape Town is approximately 2,455 sq km, while Tehran is approximately 686 sq km, making Tehran 27.95% the size of Cape Town.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Cape Town vs. Tehran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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