City size comparison

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San Francisco is about 1.2 times bigger than Buffalo.

Buffalo is approximately 105 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 16% larger than Buffalo.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Buffalo vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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