Map of Sumy, Ukraine

Sumy is the administrative centre of Sumy, Ukraine, with a population of about 256,474. It lies at 50.9216°N, 34.8003°E. Sumy is about 306 km (190 mi) east of Kyiv, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Okhtyrka, 68 km to the south.

Sumy at a glance

Where is Sumy?

• The 21st largest city in Ukraine by recorded population.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 55 min on the shortest day to 16 h 32 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Sumy

• Okhtyrka — 68 km south
• Romny — 95 km west
• Kurchatov — 102 km northeast, Russia
• Konotop — 117 km west
• Myrhorod — 136 km southwest
• Shostka — 140 km northwest
• Poltava — 149 km south
• Horishni Plavni — 229 km south
• Kremenchuk — 230 km southwest
• Svitlovodsk — 235 km southwest

Largest cities in Sumy

• Konotop — 84,787
• Shostka — 73,197
• Okhtyrka — 47,216
• Romny — 38,305

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.