City size comparison

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Saint Petersburg is about 4.4 times smaller than Shanghai.

Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, while Saint Petersburg is approximately 1,439 sq km, making Saint Petersburg 22.69% the size of Shanghai.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Shanghai vs. Saint Petersburg uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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