Map of Chelyabinsk, Russia

Chelyabinsk is the administrative centre of Chelyabinsk, Russia, with a population of about 1,202,371. It lies at 55.1540°N, 61.4291°E. Chelyabinsk is about 1,496 km (929 mi) east of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Kopeysk, 13 km to the east.

Chelyabinsk at a glance

Where is Chelyabinsk?

• The 7th largest city in Russia by recorded population.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 08 min on the shortest day to 17 h 25 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Chelyabinsk

• Kopeysk — 13 km east
• Korkino — 29 km south
• Chebarkul’ — 71 km west
• Yuzhnoural’sk — 80 km south
• Ozersk — 81 km northwest
• Kyshtym — 83 km northwest
• Miass — 85 km west
• Snezhinsk — 112 km northwest
• Troitsk — 118 km south
• Verkhniy Ufaley — 125 km northwest

Largest cities in Chelyabinsk

• Magnitogorsk — 413,351
• Zlatoust — 191,366
• Miass — 167,500
• Troitsk — 82,338
• Ozersk — 81,023
• Kopeysk — 70,780
• Snezhinsk — 50,086
• Satka — 49,384
• Chebarkul’ — 46,502
• Kyshtym — 41,625

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
• Omsk — 1,172,070
• Samara — 1,163,399
• Rostov-na-Donu — 1,130,305
• Ufa — 1,120,547

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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.