City size comparison
compared to
Houston is about 1.4 times bigger than Rio De Janeiro.
Rio De Janeiro is approximately 1,221 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 36% larger than Rio De Janeiro.
This to-scale comparison of
Rio De Janeiro
vs.
Houston
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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