City size comparison

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San Francisco is about 4.7 times smaller than Columbus.

Columbus is approximately 574 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 21.09% the size of Columbus.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Columbus vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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