Local time
Mon, 1:11 PM GMT+3Europe/MoscowCity
St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg · local name
59.94° N, 30.31° E
- Population
- 4,553,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 2 of 262
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 262 cities of Russia in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Russia, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 1703
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Elevation
- 3 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 1,439 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Named after
- Saint Peter
- Wikidata · P138 · checked 2026-09-20
- Time zone
- Europe/Moscow
Traveler brief
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Practical bearings for St. Petersburg, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in St. Petersburg have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
