Rio De Janeiro is about 1.2 times smaller than Saint Petersburg.

Saint Petersburg is approximately 1,439 sq km, while Rio De Janeiro is approximately 1,221 sq km, making Rio De Janeiro 84.85% the size of Saint Petersburg.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Saint Petersburg vs. Rio De Janeiro uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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