City size comparison

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Los Angeles is about 10 times bigger than San Francisco.

San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, while Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, making Los Angeles 904% larger than San Francisco.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Francisco vs. Los Angeles uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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