City size comparison

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San Francisco is about 3,338 times smaller than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 0.03% the size of California.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of California vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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