Hartford is about 2.7 times smaller than San Francisco.

San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, while Hartford is approximately 45 sq km, making Hartford 37.2% the size of San Francisco.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Francisco vs. Hartford uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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