City size comparison

compared to

Athens is about 2.3 times bigger than San Jose.

San Jose is approximately 180 sq km, while Athens is approximately 412 sq km, making Athens 129% larger than San Jose.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Jose vs. Athens uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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