City size comparison

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San Diego is about 145 times smaller than New York.

New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while San Diego is approximately 844 sq km, making San Diego 0.69% the size of New York.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New York vs. San Diego uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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