Saint Petersburg is about 12 times bigger than Boston.

Boston is approximately 124 sq km, while Saint Petersburg is approximately 1,439 sq km, making Saint Petersburg 1,060% larger than Boston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Boston vs. Saint Petersburg uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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