San Mateo is about 28 times smaller than Berlin.

Berlin is approximately 891 sq km, while San Mateo is approximately 31 sq km, making San Mateo 3.53% the size of Berlin.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Berlin vs. San Mateo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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