Rome is about 8 times bigger than Saint Petersburg.

Saint Petersburg is approximately 160 sq km, while Rome is approximately 1,287 sq km, making Rome 704% larger than Saint Petersburg.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Saint Petersburg vs. Rome uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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