City size comparison

compared to

Houston is around the same size as Saint Petersburg.

Saint Petersburg is approximately 1,439 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 15% larger than Saint Petersburg.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Saint Petersburg vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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