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.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Jose vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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