The state of Leonida, the fictional Florida-inspired setting of Grand Theft Auto VI, has become one of the most analysed unreleased game worlds in the industry. Because Rockstar Games has not officially disclosed the playable surface area of Leonida, sizing has been left to community analysts, data miners and gaming journalists who triangulate estimates from trailer footage, leaked coordinate data, satellite-style minimap reveals and comparisons against Grand Theft Auto V's Los Santos and Blaine County. The resulting body of analyst estimates clusters in a relatively narrow band of roughly 100 to 132 square miles (approximately 260 to 340 square kilometres), making Leonida the largest single-state map Rockstar has ever produced (Grandtheft.gg, 2026; Leftdownrightup, 2026; Xboxplay Games, 2026).
Most analyst estimates of Leonida are expressed as a multiplier of GTA V's combined Los Santos and Blaine County landmass, which is widely cited at approximately 49 square miles (around 75 to 80 square kilometres) of playable ground area, excluding ocean and interiors (Grandtheft.gg, 2026; GTASixOnline, 2026). This baseline is important because Rockstar reused the GTA V engine pipeline for early GTA VI development, and community analysts have used recognisable GTA V landmarks as a scale reference when overlaying leaked Leonida coordinates onto known real-world Florida geography.
The most frequently cited range among dedicated GTA mapping communities places Leonida at between 2.4 and 2.7 times the size of GTA V's playable area. Grandtheft.gg (2026) notes that "if GTA 6 is truly 2.4 to 2.7 times larger as estimated, that would put it somewhere between 118 and 132 square miles of playable area," explicitly excluding underwater zones and the substantially expanded interior network Rockstar has flagged as a design priority. Leftdownrightup (2026) converges on a similar figure, reporting that "based on fan analysis of trailer footage, leaked maps, and geographic estimation, GTA 6's Leonida clocks in at roughly 127 square miles of playable area," equivalent to 2.7 times the GTA V combined map. CollegeSimplified (2026) likewise endorses the 2.7x multiplier in its 2026 update, framing Leonida as a meaningful generational leap rather than the rumoured threefold expansion.
A more conservative cohort of analysts, working primarily from the GTA VI Mapping Project's coordinate-based reconstructions, has pushed back against the highest-end fan figures. GTAVIMods (2026) estimates the playable map at approximately 125 square kilometres, or roughly 60 square miles, arguing the world "trades empty wilderness for unprecedented urban density" rather than maximising raw mileage. Xboxplay Games (2026) splits the difference, noting that "GTA VI's Leonida State is estimated by data miners and analysts to be anywhere from 2 to 3.5 times larger in total playable surface area," with "a conservative and frequently cited estimate is around 100-125 square miles (260-325 sq km)." GTA6Gameplays (2026) similarly cautions that "while early viral rumours claimed the new state of Leonida would be over three times the size of Los Santos, the latest data from the dedicated GTA VI Mapping Project offers a more grounded-yet staggering-reality."
At the upper bound, some analyst write-ups have continued to entertain a 2.5x to 3x multiplier in raw landmass terms. GTASixOnline (2026) states that "the working estimate is that Leonida is approximately 2.5 times the size of GTA 5's map by landmass... Leonida is estimated at around 180-200 square kilometres" (roughly 70 to 77 square miles of dry land), with additional area added once ocean, intracoastal waterways and the Leonida Keys archipelago are included.
Across the sources, a consistent caveat appears: raw surface area undersells Leonida's effective scale. Rockstar has signalled that GTA VI will feature over 700 enterable buildings, expanded underwater exploration around the Keys, and verticality through high-rise Vice City interiors (GTAVIMods, 2026; Leftdownrightup, 2026). Analysts therefore distinguish between "playable ground area" (the figure most often quoted in square miles) and "total content surface," which would push the effective map well beyond any single mileage number.
Consolidating the available analyst output, a defensible consensus range for Leonida's playable ground area sits at approximately 100 to 130 square miles, roughly 2.4 to 2.7 times GTA V's combined map, with conservative outliers near 60 square miles and aggressive outliers approaching 200 square kilometres of pure landmass. Until Rockstar publishes official figures, these estimates remain inferential, but the convergence across independent mapping projects lends them substantial credibility.
CollegeSimplified (2026) GTA 6 Map Size: Leonida vs GTA 5 Comparison (2026 Update). Available at: https://www.collegesimplified.in/post/gta-6-map-size-leonida-vs-gta-5-2026 (Accessed: 14 May 2026).
Grandtheft.gg (2026) GTA 6 Map Size: How Big is the Map?. Available at: https://grandtheft.gg/gta-6-map-size/ (Accessed: 14 May 2026).
GTA6Gameplays (2026) GTA VI Map Analysis: Leonida Is Bigger, Denser, and More Alive. Available at: https://www.gta6gameplays.com/news/vice-city-map-size-rumors-explained (Accessed: 14 May 2026).
GTASixOnline (2026) The GTA 6 Map: Every Confirmed Location, How Big It Really Is, and What the Community Has Built. Available at: https://gtasixonline.com/blog/the-gta-6-map-every-confirmed-location-how-big-it-really-is-and-what-the-community-has-built (Accessed: 14 May 2026).
GTAVIMods (2026) GTA 6 Map: Size, Official Regions & What to Expect. Available at: https://www.gtavimods.com/gta-6-map-size-official-regions-what-to-expect/ (Accessed: 14 May 2026).
Leftdownrightup (2026) GTA 6 Map Size Breakdown: How Leonida Compares to Every Open World Ever. Available at: https://www.leftdownrightup.co.uk/news/gta-6-map-size-breakdown-leonida-compares-every-open-world (Accessed: 14 May 2026).
Xboxplay Games (2026) GTA 6 Map Leaks: How big is the new Leonida State?. Available at: https://xboxplay.games/gta-vi/gta-vi-map-leaks-how-big-is-the-new-leonida-state-compared-to-los-santos-70581 (Accessed: 14 May 2026).