Map of Samara, Russia

Samara is the administrative centre of Samara Oblast, Russia, with a population of about 1,163,399. It lies at 53.2001°N, 50.1500°E. Samara is about 857 km (532 mi) east of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Novokuybyshevsk, 18 km to the southwest.

Samara at a glance

Where is Samara?

• The 9th largest city in Russia by recorded population.
• The largest city in Samara Oblast on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 31 min on the shortest day to 16 h 58 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Samara

• Novokuybyshevsk — 18 km southwest
• Kinel’ — 32 km east
• Chapayevsk — 39 km southwest
• Zhigulevsk — 49 km northwest
• Tolyatti — 65 km northwest
• Otradnyy — 82 km east
• Syzran — 112 km west
• Dimitrovgrad — 118 km north
• Nurlat — 143 km north
• Buzuluk — 149 km east

Largest cities in Samara Oblast

• Tolyatti — 702,879
• Syzran — 189,338
• Novokuybyshevsk — 111,800
• Chapayevsk — 70,147
• Zhigulevsk — 57,094
• Otradnyy — 50,127
• Kinel’ — 34,336

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
• Rostov-na-Donu — 1,130,305
• Ufa — 1,120,547

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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.