City size comparison

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San Francisco is about 13 times smaller than Sao Paulo.

Sao Paulo is approximately 1,523 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 7.94% the size of Sao Paulo.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sao Paulo vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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