City size comparison

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San Francisco is about 7 times smaller than Kyoto.

Kyoto is approximately 828 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 14.62% the size of Kyoto.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kyoto vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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