San Mateo is about 20 times smaller than Toronto.

Toronto is approximately 630 sq km, while San Mateo is approximately 31 sq km, making San Mateo 4.99% the size of Toronto.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Toronto vs. San Mateo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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