City size comparison

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San Diego is about 9 times bigger than Fort Lauderdale.

Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, while San Diego is approximately 844 sq km, making San Diego 838% larger than Fort Lauderdale.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Fort Lauderdale vs. San Diego uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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