St. Petersburg, Florida is 36% larger than San Francisco.
Area: 122 km2 calculated
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural center and a leading financial hub of the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California. Wikipedia
Area: 166 km2 calculated
St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. As of the 2013 census estimate, the population was 249,688, making St. Petersburg the 5th most populous city in the state of Florida and the largest city in Florida that is not a county seat. St. Wikipedia