Map of Poltava, Ukraine

Poltava is the administrative centre of Poltava, Ukraine, with a population of about 279,593. It lies at 49.5892°N, 34.5537°E, about 156 m above sea level. Poltava is about 304 km (189 mi) east of Kyiv, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Myrhorod, 80 km to the northwest.

Poltava at a glance

Where is Poltava?

• The 16th largest city in Ukraine by recorded population.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 08 min on the shortest day to 16 h 18 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Poltava

• Myrhorod — 80 km northwest
• Okhtyrka — 84 km north
• Horishni Plavni — 93 km southwest
• Kremenchuk — 102 km southwest
• Svitlovodsk — 111 km southwest
• Novomoskovsk — 118 km southeast
• Kamyanske — 119 km south
• Dnipro — 130 km south
• Oleksandriya — 146 km southwest
• Sumy — 149 km north

Largest cities in Poltava

• Kremenchuk — 224,997
• Horishni Plavni — 49,854
• Lubny — 44,595
• Myrhorod — 39,575

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.