City size comparison

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Manchester is around the same size as San Francisco.

San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, while Manchester is approximately 116 sq km, making Manchester 95.54% the size of San Francisco.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Francisco vs. Manchester uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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