City size comparison

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San Francisco is about 1.7 times smaller than Cincinnati.

Cincinnati is approximately 202 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 59.96% the size of Cincinnati.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Cincinnati vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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