City size comparison

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San Francisco is about 136 times smaller than Beijing.

Beijing is approximately 16,411 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 0.74% the size of Beijing.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Beijing vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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