City size comparison

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Salt Lake City is about 2.4 times bigger than San Francisco.

San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, while Salt Lake City is approximately 287 sq km, making Salt Lake City 137% larger than San Francisco.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Francisco vs. Salt Lake City uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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