Map of Mykolayiv, Ukraine

Mykolayiv is the administrative centre of Mykolaiv, Ukraine, with a population of about 470,011. It lies at 46.9763°N, 31.9930°E, about 42 m above sea level. Mykolayiv is about 401 km (249 mi) south of Kyiv, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Kherson, 61 km to the southeast.

Mykolayiv at a glance

Where is Mykolayiv?

• The 10th largest city in Ukraine by recorded population.
• The largest city in Mykolaiv on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 30 min on the shortest day to 15 h 54 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Mykolayiv

• Kherson — 61 km southeast
• Voznesensk — 82 km northwest
• Nova Kakhovka — 106 km east
• Odesa — 110 km southwest
• Yuzhnoukrayinsk — 113 km northwest
• Kakhovka — 114 km east
• Chornomors’k — 127 km southwest
• Pervomaysk — 147 km northwest
• Kryvyy Rih — 148 km northeast
• Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi — 153 km southwest

Largest cities in Mykolaiv

• Pervomaysk — 62,426
• Yuzhnoukrayinsk — 38,560
• Voznesensk — 33,442

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
• Vinnytsya — 430,091

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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.