City size comparison

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San Francisco is about 1.8 times smaller than Dusseldorf.

Dusseldorf is approximately 217 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 55.66% the size of Dusseldorf.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Dusseldorf vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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