City size comparison
compared to
Chicago is about 292 times smaller than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 0.34% the size of Washington.
This to-scale comparison of
Washington
vs.
Chicago
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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