City size comparison

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Wellington is about 3.5 times smaller than London.

London (including the 32 boroughs of greater London) is approximately 1,572 sq km, while Wellington (map shows its 57 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 444 sq km, making Wellington 28.24% the size of London.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of London vs. Wellington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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