St. Petersburg
Primary City: St. Petersburg
Primary State/Province: Saint Petersburg
Primary Language: Russian
Population: 6.3M
GDP: $128B • GDP per capita: $20,456
GAWC Class: 7
St. Petersburg metro area
59.93, 30.34Top Team
The single sporting franchise this metro is identified with.
From The Team That Wins the City. One pick per metro across 312 metros worldwide.
Walkable Elite Quarters
Neighborhoods that clear the dense, historic, walkable, elite residential test.
From The Last of the Marylebones. A small qualifying set out of the full corpus.
Dimension Breakdown
Value and global rank across all 16 dimensionsStands out for Cultural Events, Ports, Exchanges & Infrastructure, Notable Museums & Landmarks.
Most similar metros
Closest profiles across all 16 dimensionsSports
Major League Teams/Venues
Football/Soccer • Russia👑
Zenit St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg • Level: 1
Notable Venues2 venues
Football/Soccer
Krestovsky Stadium
St. Petersburg
Hockey
SKA Arena
Saint Petersburg
Other Teams
Football/Soccer Teams1 team
Football/Soccer • Russia
FC Leningradets
St. Petersburg • Level: 2
Other Men’s Teams2 teams
Volleyball • Int'l Volleyball
Dynamo LO
St. Petersburg
Volleyball • Int'l Volleyball
Zenit Saint Petersburg (volleyball)
St. Petersburg
Championship History
Every major championship won by a team while it represented St. Petersburg, across all sports, newest first. 3in total. Each links to the team and the competition's full honour roll.
Top Companies
Total Market Cap: $27B across 1 companies
Source data as of August 1, 2026 (companiesmarketcap.com)
Cultural Assets
Cultural Events
Notable One-off Events
2013 G-20 Saint Petersburg summit
Petersburg • International Summit
2013 G-20 St. Petersburg summit
St. Petersburg • International Summit
2006 32nd G8 summit
St. Petersburg • International Summit
Siege of Leningrad (1941-44)
Saint Petersburg • Historical Event
October Revolution (1917)
Saint Petersburg • Historical Event
Notable Museums & Landmarks
Museums & Galleries6 items
Fabergé Museum
St Petersburg • Art
Russian Museum
St Petersburg • Art
State Hermitage Museum
St Petersburg • Art
Peterhof Palace
St Petersburg • History
State Museum of the History of St Petersburg
St Petersburg • History
Tsarskoe Selo
Pushkin • History
Performing Arts Venues2 items
Mariinsky Concert Hall
St. Petersburg • Concert Hall
Mariinsky Theatre
St. Petersburg • Opera House
Landmarks & Civic1 item
National Library of Russia
Saint Petersburg • Library
Supertall Structures (350m+)1 structure
Lakhta Center
| Building | City | Height (m) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakhta Center | St Petersburg | 462 | 2018 |
Screen of St. Petersburg
#96 by film pedigree · score 41.6 · 8 people in a century of top-grossing films and Oscar nominations · Full screen profile →
Leading figures: George Sanders, Lila Kedrova, Mischa Auer, Tom Conway, Victor Trivas
Education & Research
Top 2000 Universities5 entries
Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
St. Petersburg, Russia
Saint Petersburg University
St. Petersburg, Russia
St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
St. Petersburg, Russia
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
St. Petersburg, Russia
ITMO University
St. Petersburg, Russia
Notable Infrastructure
Airport1 entry
Pulkovo Airport
Saint Petersburg • 2 - Major International
Port2 entries
St Petersburg
St Petersburg • Container
Port of Saint Petersburg
Port of Saint Petersburg • Passenger
Military Base1 entry
Baltic Fleet HQ / Admiralty
St. Petersburg • Naval Base
Notable Train Hubs1 entry
Moskovsky Station
St. Petersburg • Intercity Rail Hub
Metro System (73 stations)1 entry
Saint Petersburg Metro
Saint Petersburg • 73 stations