City size comparison

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San Francisco is about 12 times smaller than Mexico City.

Mexico City is approximately 1,485 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 8.15% the size of Mexico City.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mexico City vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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