City size comparison

compared to

Amsterdam is about 5 times smaller than San Diego.

San Diego is approximately 844 sq km, while Amsterdam is approximately 166 sq km, making Amsterdam 19.64% the size of San Diego.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Diego vs. Amsterdam uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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