City size comparison

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Tehran is about 1.2 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Tehran is approximately 686 sq km, making Tehran 16% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Tehran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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