San Mateo is about 3.4 times smaller than Paris.

Paris is approximately 105 sq km, while San Mateo is approximately 31 sq km, making San Mateo 29.82% the size of Paris.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Paris vs. San Mateo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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