City size comparison

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San Francisco is about 2.3 times bigger than Bern.

Bern is approximately 52 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 134% larger than Bern.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bern vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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