City size comparison

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Raleigh is about 3.2 times bigger than San Francisco.

San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, while Raleigh is approximately 391 sq km, making Raleigh 223% larger than San Francisco.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Francisco vs. Raleigh uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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