City size comparison

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San Francisco is about 1.4 times smaller than Stockton.

Stockton is approximately 164 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 73.81% the size of Stockton.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Stockton vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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