City size comparison
compared to
Chicago is about 2.1 times smaller than Los Angeles.
Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 48.56% the size of Los Angeles.
This to-scale comparison of
Los Angeles
vs.
Chicago
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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