Sarasota is about 38 times smaller than Saint Petersburg.

Saint Petersburg is approximately 1,439 sq km, while Sarasota (map shows its 40 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 38 sq km, making Sarasota 2.65% the size of Saint Petersburg.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Saint Petersburg vs. Sarasota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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