Map of Bakhmut, Ukraine

Bakhmut is a city in Donetsk, Ukraine, with a population of about 80,500. It lies at 48.5944°N, 37.9998°E. Bakhmut is about 578 km (359 mi) east of Kyiv, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Kostiantynivka, 23 km to the west.

Bakhmut at a glance

Where is Bakhmut?

• The 49th largest city in Ukraine by recorded population.
• The 7th largest city in Donetsk on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 17 min on the shortest day to 16 h 08 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Bakhmut

• Kostiantynivka — 23 km west
• Horlivka — 29 km south
• Kramatorsk — 34 km northwest
• Druzhkivka — 35 km west
• Sloviansk — 41 km northwest
• Pervomaisk — 42 km east
• Yenakiieve — 43 km south
• Lysychansk — 47 km northeast
• Kadiyivka — 47 km east
• Brianka — 50 km east

Largest cities in Donetsk

• Donetsk — 901,645
• Makiivka — 338,968
• Horlivka — 239,828
• Mariupol — 230,000
• Kramatorsk — 147,145
• Sloviansk — 105,141
• Yenakiieve — 76,673
• Shakhtarsk — 71,700
• Kostiantynivka — 67,350
• Pokrovsk — 60,127

Largest cities in Ukraine

• Kyiv — 2,952,301
• Kharkiv — 1,421,125
• Odesa — 1,010,537
• Dnipro — 968,502
• Donetsk — 901,645
• Lviv — 717,273
• Zaporizhzhya — 710,052
• Kryvyy Rih — 603,904
• Sevastopol — 547,820
• Mykolayiv — 470,011

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.