City size comparison
compared to
Los Angeles is about 3.4 times bigger than Detroit.
Detroit is approximately 359 sq km, while Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, making Los Angeles 238% larger than Detroit.
This to-scale comparison of
Detroit
vs.
Los Angeles
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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