Saint Petersburg, Russia, features a wide variety of free time activities. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, cost of living and safety.
Saint Petersburg is one of the top ten city matches for 0.4% of Teleport users.
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Housing| Large apartment | $930.00 |
|---|---|
| Medium apartment | $720.00 |
| Rent index [score] | 0.85 |
| Small apartment | $510.00 |
Cost of Living| 5km taxi ride | $3.80 |
|---|---|
| A Cappuccino | $2.40 |
| A beer | $1.10 |
| A kilogram of Apples | $1.30 |
| Bread | $0.36 |
| Inflation [score] | 0.87 |
| Lunch | $7.30 |
| Monthly fitness club membership | $33.00 |
| Monthly public transport | $49.00 |
| Movie ticket | $5.50 |
| Price of a meal at a restaurant | $41.61 |
Startups| Average monthly increase in number of startups | 4 |
|---|---|
| Average monthly increase in number of startups [score] | 0.37 |
| Coworking spaces [score] | 0.10 |
| Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co | 37 |
| Meetups [score] | 0.27 |
| Meetups groups | 62 |
| Meetups members | 20565 |
| Number of investors | 14 |
| Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 15 |
| Number of upcoming meetup events | 14 |
| Startup climate scene [score] | 0.45 |
| Startup events | 6 |
| Startup events [score] | 0.27 |
| Startups [score] | 0.63 |
| Total number of startups | 86 |
Venture CapitalTravel Connectivity| Airport hub | 109 |
|---|---|
| Airport hub [score] | 0.50 |
| Intercity train connectivity [score] | 0.67 |
Commute| Human city page | http://cities.human.co/details/Russia/Saint_Petersburg |
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| Traffic handling [score] | 0.42 |
Business Freedom| Business freedom | 72.20 |
|---|---|
| Business freedom [score] | 0.61 |
| Freedom from corruption | 27.00 |
| Freedom from corruption [score] | 0.12 |
| Lack of labor restrictions | 57.60 |
| Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 0.41 |
| Time to open a business | 7.00 |
| Time to open a business [score] | 0.93 |
Safety| Crime rate [score] | 0.60 |
|---|---|
| Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 25 |
| Guns per 100 residents | 9 |
| Lack of gun related deaths [score] | 0.32 |
| Lack of guns [score] | 0.95 |
| Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score] | 0.64 |
Healthcare| Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.56 |
|---|---|
| Healthcare quality [score] | 0.58 |
| Life expectancy (years) | 70.47 |
| Life expectancy [score] | 0.23 |
Education| Best university in ranking | Saint Petersburg State University |
|---|---|
| Best university ranking | 450 |
| Country mean scores in PISA math test | 477.97 |
| Country mean scores in PISA reading test | 475.15 |
| Country mean scores in PISA science test | 486.30 |
| PISA math ranking (high school) | 19 |
| PISA ranking | 21 |
| PISA ranking (high school) [score] | 0.75 |
| PISA reading (high school) | 18 |
| PISA science (high school) | 23 |
| Percent of happy students | 0.71 |
| Percent of low performers in PISA math test | 0.24 |
| Percent of low performers in PISA reading test | 0.22 |
| Percent of low performers in PISA science test | 0.19 |
| Percent of top performers in PISA math test | 0.08 |
| Percent of top performers in PISA reading test | 0.05 |
| Percent of top performers in PISA science test | 0.04 |
| University quality [score] | 0.10 |
Environmental Quality| Air quality [score] | 0.40 |
|---|---|
| Cleanliness [score] | 0.46 |
| Drinking water quality [score] | 0.40 |
| Urban greenery [score] | 0.46 |
Economy| Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 59.97 |
|---|---|
| Currency for urban area | RUB |
| GDP growth rate | 0.01 |
| GDP growth rate [score] | 0.22 |
| GDP per capita | $24805.49 |
| GDP per capita [score] | 0.41 |
Taxation| Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score] | 0.48 |
|---|---|
| Income tax level [score] | 0.72 |
| Profit tax (% of profit) | 0.47 |
| Time overhead to file company taxes | 168 |
| VAT (Sales Tax) | 0.18 |
Internet Access| Download speed (Mbps) | 43.54 |
|---|---|
| Internet access (download) [score] | 0.58 |
| Internet access (upload) [score] | 0.54 |
| Upload speed (Mbps) | 13.50 |
Leisure & Culture| Art galleries | 140 |
|---|---|
| Art galleries [score] | 1.00 |
| Cinemas | 102 |
| Cinemas [score] | 0.99 |
| Comedy clubs | 63 |
| Comedy clubs [score] | 0.89 |
| Concert venues | 162 |
| Concerts [score] | 0.84 |
| Historical sites | 306 |
| Historical sites [score] | 0.95 |
| Museums | 150 |
| Museums [score] | 0.98 |
| Performing art venues | 181 |
| Performing arts [score] | 1.00 |
| Sport venues | 195 |
| Sports [score] | 0.97 |
| Zoos | 51 |
| Zoos [score] | 0.94 |
Tolerance| Homosexuality acceptance (percent of the surveyed population in favor) | 0.16 |
|---|---|
| LGBT Equality Index | 35.09 |
| LGBT Equality Index [score] | 0.33 |
| LGBT adoption rights | ✖ Single only |
| LGBT age of consent | ✔ Equal |
| LGBT blood donation regulations | ✔ Legal |
| LGBT conversion therapy regulations | ✖ Not banned |
| LGBT discrimination legality | ✖ No protections |
| LGBT employment discrimination legality | ✖ No protections |
| LGBT gender changing rights | ✔ Legal, but requires surgery |
| LGBT homosexuality rights | ✔ Legal |
| LGBT housing discrimination legality | ✖ No protections |
| LGBT marriage rights | ✖ Not legal |
| Tolerance towards minorities [score] | 0.53 |
Outdoors| Elevation (hills or mountains) [score] | 0.11 |
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| Median peak in meters | 69.80 |
| Seaside access | 1.00 |
| Urban area elevation (meters) | 11.00 |
| Water access [score] | 0.96 |
Costs of living in Saint Petersburg are in the least expensive 20 percent of all 248 Teleport cities. Moving to Saint Petersburg will very likely decrease your daily costs of living. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.
 Monthly fitness club membership | $33 |
|---|---|
 Movie ticket | $6 |
 Broadband internet connection | $6 |
 Monthly public transport | $49 |
 Lunch | $7 |
Software Engineer salaries in Saint Petersburg are below average. For this job type, Saint Petersburg ranks 207th for salaries among 265 cities. Get access to our salary comparison calculator by signing up. Compare salaries city by city with our free salary wizard and convert your own salary to a local salary in Saint Petersburg.
The overall crime rate puts Saint Petersburg in position 125 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.
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Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петерб́ург Sankt-Peterburg), known as Petrograd in 1914-1924 and Leningrad in 1924-1991, is the second largest city of Russia, with 5 million inhabitants, and the former capital of the Russian Empire. Founded in 1703, it is not ancient, but its historical cityscape is remarkably well-preserved. The center of Saint Petersburg occupies numerous islands of the Neva River delta, divided by waterways and connected by huge drawbridges. Since 1991 it and some historical suburbs, including Peterhof, have been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site [1]. It is home to one of the world's largest museums of art, the Hermitage. Many Russians know the city as Piter (Питер), a familiar diminutive of Saint Petersburg.
Saint Petersburg was founded by Peter the Great in 1703 on the Neva river, amidst the land he had just conquered from Sweden, outside the area populated then by the Russian people. Pre-planned rather than spontaneous almost from the very beginning, the city, called by Peter "my window on Europe", was designed to look European rather than Russian, and many European architects were invited to work here. As the capital of the Russian Empire from the early 18th century to the early 20th century, the city grew steadily, saw many crucial events of the Russian history, and was a major cultural center. Many world-famous artists, scientists, writers and composers, such as Mendeleev, Dostoevsky and Tchaikovsky, lived and worked here.
In 1917 the Russian Revolution started. The significance of Saint Petersburg has declined somewhat after the transfer of the Russian capital to Moscow in 1918, but this allowed its cityscape to remain largely intact to this day. During World War II, the city was besieged by the Wehrmacht for 872 days, resulting in more than a million of civilian losses, mainly from starvation.
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