San Francisco is about 2.9 times smaller than Atlanta.

Atlanta is approximately 350 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 34.52% the size of Atlanta.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Atlanta vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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