San Francisco is about 1.5 times smaller than Milan.

Milan is approximately 182 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 66.57% the size of Milan.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Milan vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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