Map of Yakutsk, Russia

Yakutsk is the administrative centre of Sakha, Russia, with a population of about 235,600. It lies at 62.0339°N, 129.7331°E. Yakutsk is about 4,883 km (3,034 mi) northeast of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Neryungri, 661 km to the southwest.

Yakutsk at a glance

Where is Yakutsk?

• The largest city in Sakha on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 5 h 08 min on the shortest day to 19 h 46 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Yakutsk

• Neryungri — 661 km southwest
• Tynda — 817 km southwest
• Xilinji — 1077 km southwest, China
• Daxing’anling — 1119 km south, China
• Tahe — 1121 km south, China
• Svobodnyy — 1189 km south

Largest cities in Sakha

• Neryungri — 66,320
• Mirny — 40,308

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.