City size comparison

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San Francisco is about 2.4 times smaller than Salt Lake City.

Salt Lake City is approximately 287 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 42.13% the size of Salt Lake City.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Salt Lake City vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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