San Francisco is about 1.3 times smaller than Saint Petersburg.

Saint Petersburg is approximately 160 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 75.59% the size of Saint Petersburg.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Saint Petersburg vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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