City size comparison

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Los Angeles is about 1.2 times smaller than Saint Petersburg.

Saint Petersburg is approximately 1,439 sq km, while Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, making Los Angeles 84.41% the size of Saint Petersburg.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Saint Petersburg vs. Los Angeles uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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