City size comparison

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San Francisco is about 2.6 times smaller than Munich.

Munich is approximately 311 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 38.94% the size of Munich.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Munich vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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