City size comparison

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Tokyo is about 1.3 times smaller than Kyoto.

Kyoto is approximately 828 sq km, while Tokyo is approximately 619 sq km, making Tokyo 74.77% the size of Kyoto.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kyoto vs. Tokyo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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