City size comparison

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Austin is about 7 times bigger than San Francisco.

San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, while Austin is approximately 829 sq km, making Austin 585% larger than San Francisco.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Francisco vs. Austin uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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