City size comparison

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San Francisco is about 2.4 times bigger than Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara is approximately 50 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 140% larger than Santa Barbara.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Santa Barbara vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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