City size comparison

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Riyadh is about 15 times bigger than San Francisco.

San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, while Riyadh (map shows its 9 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 1,798 sq km, making Riyadh 1,386% larger than San Francisco.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Francisco vs. Riyadh uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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