City size comparison

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Washington is about 3.8 times smaller than Madrid.

Madrid is approximately 604 sq km, while Washington is approximately 158 sq km, making Washington 26.2% the size of Madrid.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Madrid vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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