San Francisco is about 3 times smaller than Las Vegas.

Las Vegas is approximately 367 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 32.93% the size of Las Vegas.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Las Vegas vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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