City size comparison

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San Mateo is about 53 times smaller than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while San Mateo is approximately 31 sq km, making San Mateo 1.89% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. San Mateo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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