City size comparison

compared to

Wellington is about 2.7 times smaller than Los Angeles.

Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, while Wellington (map shows its 57 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 444 sq km, making Wellington 36.55% the size of Los Angeles.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Los Angeles vs. Wellington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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