City size comparison

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San Jose is about 1.5 times bigger than San Francisco.

San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, while San Jose is approximately 180 sq km, making San Jose 49% larger than San Francisco.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Francisco vs. San Jose uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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