City size comparison

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San Francisco is around the same size as Manchester.

Manchester is approximately 116 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 5% larger than Manchester.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Manchester vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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