Saint Petersburg is about 26 times bigger than Chapel Hill.

Chapel Hill is approximately 56 sq km, while Saint Petersburg is approximately 1,439 sq km, making Saint Petersburg 2,461% larger than Chapel Hill.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chapel Hill vs. Saint Petersburg uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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