City size comparison

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San Jose is about 7 times smaller than Phoenix.

Phoenix is approximately 1,342 sq km, while San Jose is approximately 180 sq km, making San Jose 13.41% the size of Phoenix.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Phoenix vs. San Jose uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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