City size comparison
compared to
New York City is about 1.3 times bigger than Chicago.
Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while New York City (including all five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island) is approximately 781 sq km, making New York City 32% larger than Chicago.
This to-scale comparison of
Chicago
vs.
New York City
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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