City size comparison
compared to
Chicago is about 3.3 times bigger than San Jose.
San Jose is approximately 180 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 228% larger than San Jose.
This to-scale comparison of
San Jose
vs.
Chicago
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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