Fascinating size comparison maps show just how big cities REALLY are, with London being TWICE the size of New York (and Paris being tiny compared to both cities)
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Britain may be a small country, but its capital, Londonis a huge blow in terms of size.
Thanks to a fascinating size comparison tool for maps, users can overlay a map of one city on top of another, revealing that the city is actually larger than all the cities with famous skylines in America.
The tool, by www.mylifeelsewhere.comprovides for a fascinating geography lesson, with the feature also revealing that some world-famous cities – such as Paris and Sydney – are surprisingly small.
In fact, they are both being swallowed up by London and the major American metropolises.
We have selected some of the most interesting comparisons and presented them below.
It’s cartography, but not as you know it.
LONDON VS LOS ANGELES
London, including the 32 boroughs of Greater London, is approximately 1,572 km2 (606 sq mi) in area, making it about 1.3 times (or 29 percent) larger than Los Angeles, which covers 1,215 km2 (469 sq mi).
LONDON VS PARIS
London (1,572 km2/606 m2) is about 15 times larger than Paris, which covers 105 km2 (40 mi2)
LONDON VS NEW YORK CITY
New York City, including its five boroughs, covers 300 square miles (781 km2). It’s huge, but London is twice as big (606 square miles/1,572 km2).
LONDON VS SYDNEY
Sydney covers approximately 27 km2 (10 sq mi), making London 59 times larger
NEW YORK CITY VS SYDNEY
New York City (781 km2/301 m2) swallows up Sydney, with the Australian city taking up about half the size of Manhattan
LONDON VS SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco (121 km2/46 m2) seems big in the movies, but it is dwarfed by London, which is 13 times larger
NEW YORK CITY VS SAN FRANCISCO
New York City (781 km2/301 m2) is about six times larger than San Francisco (121 km2/46 m2)
MILAN VS PARIS
Milan is 182 km2/70 m2, 1.7 times (72 percent) larger than Paris (105 km2/40 m2)
VANCOUVER VS SYDNEY
Vancouver covers 124 km2 (47 m2), making it 4.6 times larger than Sydney (27 km2/10 m2)
LONDON VS DALLAS
Dallas covers a whopping 880 km2 (339 m2), but London is 79 percent larger (or 1.8 times larger)
LONDON VS CHICAGO
Chicago, the third largest city in the US by population, covers 590 square kilometers (227 square miles), but it is no match for London, which is 2.7 times larger
LONDON VS ATHENS
Athens covers 412 km2 (159 miles2) and easily fits into London, which is 3.8 times larger
LONDON VS TORONTO
Toronto covers 630 km2 (243 m2), which is quite large. But it fits snugly into London, which is 2.5 times larger
LONDON VS MADRID
London (1,572 km2/606 m2) is 2.6 times (160 percent) larger than Madrid, which covers 604 km2 (233 m2).
LONDON VS LAS VEGAS
London is 4.3 times larger (328 percent) than Las Vegas, which covers 367 km2 (141 m2)
LONDON VS MILAN
London surpasses Milan – it is 765 percent larger than Italy’s fashion capital
Houston is huge and at 1,659 km2 (640 m2) it is slightly larger than London (1,572 km2/606 m2)
