City size comparison

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Zurich is about 1.9 times smaller than Amsterdam.

Amsterdam is approximately 166 sq km, while Zurich is approximately 88 sq km, making Zurich 53.02% the size of Amsterdam.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Amsterdam vs. Zurich uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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