Map of Kerch, Ukraine

Kerch is a city in Crimea, Ukraine, with a population of about 148,932. It lies at 45.3567°N, 36.4754°E. Kerch is about 719 km (447 mi) southeast of Kyiv, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Temryuk, 72 km to the east.

Kerch at a glance

Where is Kerch?

• The 32nd largest city in Ukraine by recorded population.
• The 2nd largest city in Crimea on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 43 min on the shortest day to 15 h 40 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Kerch

• Temryuk — 72 km east, Russia
• Anapa — 84 km southeast, Russia
• Feodosiya — 93 km west
• Novorossiysk — 123 km southeast, Russia
• Krymsk — 128 km east, Russia
• Slavyansk-na-Kubani — 130 km east, Russia
• Abinsk — 143 km east, Russia
• Gelendzhik — 154 km southeast, Russia
• Berdyansk — 157 km north
• Dzhankoi — 167 km west

Largest cities in Crimea

• Simferopol — 336,460
• Yevpatoriya — 107,040
• Yalta — 77,003
• Feodosiya — 68,562
• Dzhankoi — 41,731

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.