Map of Saransk, Russia

Saransk is the administrative centre of Mordoviya Republic, Russia, with a population of about 318,841. It lies at 54.1838°N, 45.1749°E. Saransk is about 513 km (319 mi) east of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Ruzayevka, 20 km to the southwest.

Saransk at a glance

Where is Saransk?

• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 20 min on the shortest day to 17 h 11 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Saransk

• Ruzayevka — 20 km southwest
• Zarechnyy — 109 km south
• Penza — 110 km south
• Alatyr’ — 117 km northeast
• Sarov — 147 km northwest
• Zarechnyy — 149 km southeast
• Kuznetsk — 151 km southeast
• Arzamas — 160 km northwest
• Shumerlya — 166 km northeast
• Serdobsk — 202 km south

Largest cities in Mordoviya Republic

• Ruzayevka — 49,311

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
• Samara — 1,163,399
• Rostov-na-Donu — 1,130,305

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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.