City size comparison

compared to

Madison is about 1.8 times bigger than San Francisco.

San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, while Madison (map shows its 124 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 217 sq km, making Madison 79% larger than San Francisco.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Francisco vs. Madison uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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