City size comparison

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San Francisco is about 1.2 times smaller than Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh is approximately 143 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 84.37% the size of Pittsburgh.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Pittsburgh vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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