City size comparison

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Washington is about 4.3 times smaller than Tehran.

Tehran is approximately 686 sq km, while Washington is approximately 158 sq km, making Washington 23.08% the size of Tehran.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Tehran vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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