City size comparison

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San Jose is about 1.4 times bigger than Long Beach.

Long Beach is approximately 131 sq km, while San Jose is approximately 180 sq km, making San Jose 37% larger than Long Beach.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Long Beach vs. San Jose uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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