Map of Gelendzhik, Russia

Gelendzhik is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, with a population of about 50,715. It lies at 44.5622°N, 38.0848°E. Gelendzhik is about 1,245 km (773 mi) south of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Novorossiysk, 31 km to the northwest.

Gelendzhik at a glance

Where is Gelendzhik?

• The 16th largest city in Krasnodar Krai on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 49 min on the shortest day to 15 h 34 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Gelendzhik

• Novorossiysk — 31 km northwest
• Abinsk — 34 km north
• Krymsk — 41 km north
• Anapa — 71 km northwest
• Slavyansk-na-Kubani — 77 km north
• Yablonovskiy — 83 km northeast
• Krasnodar — 88 km northeast
• Tuapse — 94 km southeast
• Temryuk — 96 km northwest
• Dinskaya — 116 km northeast

Largest cities in Krasnodar Krai

• Krasnodar — 899,541
• Sochi — 327,608
• Novorossiysk — 241,856
• Armavir — 199,548
• Yeysk — 87,814
• Kropotkin — 79,599
• Adler — 70,200
• Slavyansk-na-Kubani — 65,196
• Tikhoretsk — 64,387
• Tuapse — 64,234

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.