San Francisco is about 1.2 times smaller than Minneapolis.

Minneapolis is approximately 140 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 86.52% the size of Minneapolis.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Minneapolis vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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