City size comparison
compared to
Los Angeles is about 1.4 times bigger than San Diego.
San Diego is approximately 844 sq km, while Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, making Los Angeles 44% larger than San Diego.
This to-scale comparison of
San Diego
vs.
Los Angeles
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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