City size comparison

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Zurich is about 3.5 times smaller than Riga.

Riga is approximately 304 sq km, while Zurich is approximately 88 sq km, making Zurich 28.91% the size of Riga.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Riga vs. Zurich uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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