City size comparison

compared to

San Diego is about 2 times smaller than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while San Diego is approximately 844 sq km, making San Diego 50.88% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. San Diego uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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