City size comparison

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Munich is about 2.6 times bigger than San Francisco.

San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, while Munich is approximately 311 sq km, making Munich 157% larger than San Francisco.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Francisco vs. Munich uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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