City size comparison

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Dusseldorf is about 1.8 times bigger than San Francisco.

San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, while Dusseldorf is approximately 217 sq km, making Dusseldorf 80% larger than San Francisco.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Francisco vs. Dusseldorf uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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