Map of Velikiye Luki, Russia

Velikiye Luki is a city in Pskov Oblast, Russia, with a population of about 103,149. It lies at 56.3406°N, 30.5438°E. Velikiye Luki is about 444 km (276 mi) west of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Vitebsk, 130 km to the south.

Velikiye Luki at a glance

Where is Velikiye Luki?

• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 6 h 52 min on the shortest day to 17 h 43 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Velikiye Luki

• Vitebsk — 130 km south, Belarus
• Polatsk — 145 km southwest, Belarus
• Navapolatsk — 151 km southwest, Belarus
• Staraya Russa — 191 km north
• Yartsevo — 196 km southeast
• Smolensk — 198 km southeast
• Horad Orsha — 203 km south, Belarus
• Pskov — 211 km northwest
• Velikiy Novgorod — 246 km north
• Barysaw — 268 km southwest, Belarus

Largest cities in Pskov Oblast

• Pskov — 210,501

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.