City size comparison

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San Jose is about 1.7 times bigger than Paris.

Paris is approximately 105 sq km, while San Jose is approximately 180 sq km, making San Jose 71% larger than Paris.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Paris vs. San Jose uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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