Saint Petersburg is about 5 times smaller than Canberra.

Canberra is approximately 814 sq km, while Saint Petersburg is approximately 160 sq km, making Saint Petersburg 19.66% the size of Canberra.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Canberra vs. Saint Petersburg uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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