City size comparison

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Saint Petersburg is about 1.8 times bigger than New York City.

New York City (including all five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island) is approximately 781 sq km, while Saint Petersburg is approximately 1,439 sq km, making Saint Petersburg 84% larger than New York City.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New York City vs. Saint Petersburg uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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