City size comparison

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Amsterdam is about 1.4 times bigger than San Francisco.

San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, while Amsterdam is approximately 166 sq km, making Amsterdam 37% larger than San Francisco.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Francisco vs. Amsterdam uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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