Map of Birobidzhan, Russia

Birobidzhan is the administrative centre of Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia, with a population of about 73,623. It lies at 48.7928°N, 132.9239°E. Birobidzhan is about 6,006 km (3,732 mi) northeast of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Fujin, 184 km to the south.

Birobidzhan at a glance

Where is Birobidzhan?

• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 15 min on the shortest day to 16 h 10 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Birobidzhan

• Fujin — 184 km south, China
• Luobei — 207 km southwest, China
• Hegang — 253 km southwest, China
• Jixian — 266 km southwest, China
• Shuangyashan — 271 km southwest, China
• Baoshan — 272 km southwest, China
• Baoqing — 280 km south, China
• Lingdong — 282 km southwest, China
• Jiamusi — 295 km southwest, China
• Huanan — 336 km southwest, China

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.