City size comparison

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San Diego is about 10 times bigger than Zurich.

Zurich is approximately 88 sq km, while San Diego is approximately 844 sq km, making San Diego 860% larger than Zurich.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zurich vs. San Diego uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Zurich is 44.4% more expensive than San Diego
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