Map of Luhansk, Ukraine

Luhansk is the administrative centre of Luhansk, Ukraine, with a population of about 397,677. It lies at 48.5695°N, 39.3286°E. Luhansk is about 669 km (416 mi) east of Kyiv, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Alchevsk, 39 km to the west.

Luhansk at a glance

Where is Luhansk?

• The 12th largest city in Ukraine by recorded population.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 17 min on the shortest day to 16 h 08 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Luhansk

• Alchevsk — 39 km west
• Sorokyne — 43 km southeast
• Brianka — 49 km west
• Kadiyivka — 50 km west
• Donetsk — 53 km southeast, Russia
• Antratsyt — 53 km south
• Rovenky — 54 km south
• Khrustalnyi — 56 km southwest
• Pervomaisk — 57 km west
• Dovzhansk — 58 km southeast

Largest cities in Luhansk

• Alchevsk — 106,062
• Sievierodonetsk — 99,067
• Lysychansk — 93,340
• Khrustalnyi — 79,533
• Kadiyivka — 73,248
• Dovzhansk — 62,691
• Rubizhne — 55,247
• Antratsyt — 52,150
• Sorokyne — 49,352
• Rovenky — 45,514

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.