City size comparison

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Zurich is about 3.2 times smaller than Geneva.

Geneva (including the canton) is approximately 282 sq km, while Zurich is approximately 88 sq km, making Zurich 31.16% the size of Geneva.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Geneva vs. Zurich uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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