City size comparison
compared to
Los Angeles is about 2.1 times bigger than Chicago.
Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, making Los Angeles 106% larger than Chicago.
This to-scale comparison of
Chicago
vs.
Los Angeles
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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