City size comparison
compared to
Houston is about 1.4 times bigger than Los Angeles.
Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 37% larger than Los Angeles.
This to-scale comparison of
Los Angeles
vs.
Houston
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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