Map of Akhtubinsk, Russia

Akhtubinsk is a city in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia, with a population of about 44,551. It lies at 48.2834°N, 46.1652°E. Akhtubinsk is about 1,014 km (630 mi) southeast of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Volzhsky, 116 km to the northwest.

Akhtubinsk at a glance

Where is Akhtubinsk?

• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 20 min on the shortest day to 16 h 05 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Akhtubinsk

• Volzhsky — 116 km northwest
• Volgograd — 132 km west
• Kamyshin — 209 km north
• Frolovo — 246 km northwest
• Astrakhan — 257 km southeast
• Elista — 263 km southwest
• Mikhaylovka — 290 km northwest
• Engels — 356 km north
• Saratov — 362 km north
• Blagodarnyy — 411 km southwest

Largest cities in Astrakhan Oblast

• Astrakhan — 533,925

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.