City size comparison

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San Diego is about 3.9 times bigger than Seattle.

Seattle is approximately 217 sq km, while San Diego is approximately 844 sq km, making San Diego 288% larger than Seattle.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Seattle vs. San Diego uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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