City size comparison

compared to

Amsterdam is around the same size as San Jose.

San Jose is approximately 180 sq km, while Amsterdam is approximately 166 sq km, making Amsterdam 92.1% the size of San Jose.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Jose vs. Amsterdam uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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