Map of Balashikha, Russia

Balashikha is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, with a population of about 150,103. It lies at 55.7948°N, 37.9479°E. Balashikha is about 21 km (13 mi) east of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Reutov, 6 km to the southwest.

Balashikha at a glance

Where is Balashikha?

• The 5th largest city in Moscow Oblast on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 6 h 59 min on the shortest day to 17 h 34 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Balashikha

• Reutov — 6 km southwest
• Zheleznodorozhnyy — 7 km southeast
• Lyubertsy — 14 km south
• Shchyolkovo — 15 km north
• Korolev — 15 km northwest
• Mytishchi — 19 km northwest
• Dzerzhinsky — 19 km south
• Fryazino — 20 km north
• Dzerzhinskiy — 20 km south
• Ivanteyevka — 20 km north

Largest cities in Moscow Oblast

• Khimki — 239,967
• Podolsk — 179,400
• Mytishchi — 160,542
• Lyubertsy — 154,650
• Kolomna — 147,690
• Elektrostal’ — 144,387
• Zheleznodorozhnyy — 141,648
• Korolev — 139,798
• Odintsovo — 137,041
• Serpukhov — 128,158

Largest cities in Russia

• Moscow — 10,381,222
• Saint Petersburg — 5,351,935
• Novosibirsk — 1,612,833
• Yekaterinburg — 1,495,066
• Nizhniy Novgorod — 1,259,013
• Kazan — 1,243,500
• Chelyabinsk — 1,202,371
• Omsk — 1,172,070
• Samara — 1,163,399
• Rostov-na-Donu — 1,130,305

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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.