City size comparison

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Wellington is about 1.8 times smaller than Canberra.

Canberra is approximately 814 sq km, while Wellington (map shows its 57 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 444 sq km, making Wellington 54.53% the size of Canberra.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Canberra vs. Wellington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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