City size comparison

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San Jose is about 1.2 times smaller than Seattle.

Seattle is approximately 217 sq km, while San Jose is approximately 180 sq km, making San Jose 82.82% the size of Seattle.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Seattle vs. San Jose uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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