San Francisco is about 3.4 times smaller than Venice.

Venice is approximately 415 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 29.19% the size of Venice.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Venice vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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