City size comparison

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Kyoto is around the same size as San Diego.

San Diego is approximately 844 sq km, while Kyoto is approximately 828 sq km, making Kyoto 98.08% the size of San Diego.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Diego vs. Kyoto uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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