City size comparison

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San Diego is about 4.7 times bigger than San Jose.

San Jose is approximately 180 sq km, while San Diego is approximately 844 sq km, making San Diego 369% larger than San Jose.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Jose vs. San Diego uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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