Tempe is about 16 times smaller than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Tempe (map shows its 64 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 104 sq km, making Tempe 6.24% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Tempe uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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