City size comparison

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Seattle is about 1.2 times bigger than San Jose.

San Jose is approximately 180 sq km, while Seattle is approximately 217 sq km, making Seattle 21% larger than San Jose.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Jose vs. Seattle uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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