City size comparison

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Istanbul is about 3.7 times bigger than Saint Petersburg.

Saint Petersburg is approximately 1,439 sq km, while Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, making Istanbul 271% larger than Saint Petersburg.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Saint Petersburg vs. Istanbul uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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