City size comparison

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San Francisco is about 2.9 times smaller than Portland.

Portland is approximately 346 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 35.0% the size of Portland.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Portland vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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