City size comparison

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Hamburg is about 6 times bigger than San Francisco.

San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, while Hamburg is approximately 755 sq km, making Hamburg 524% larger than San Francisco.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Francisco vs. Hamburg uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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