City size comparison

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San Francisco is about 1.2 times smaller than Staten Island.

Staten Island is approximately 149 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 81.22% the size of Staten Island.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Staten Island vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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