Map of Balakovo, Russia

Balakovo is a city in Saratov Oblast, Russia, with a population of about 199,572. It lies at 52.0278°N, 47.8007°E. Balakovo is about 784 km (487 mi) southeast of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Vol’sk, 29 km to the west.

Balakovo at a glance

Where is Balakovo?

• The 2nd largest city in Saratov Oblast on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 44 min on the shortest day to 16 h 44 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Balakovo

• Vol’sk — 29 km west
• Pugachev — 69 km east
• Engels — 131 km southwest
• Syzran — 134 km north
• Saratov — 135 km southwest
• Kuznetsk — 146 km northwest
• Zarechnyy — 148 km northwest
• Chapayevsk — 167 km northeast
• Petrovsk — 167 km west
• Novokuybyshevsk — 187 km northeast

Largest cities in Saratov Oblast

• Saratov — 844,858
• Engels — 196,011
• Balashov — 98,107
• Vol’sk — 70,500
• Rtishchevo — 44,013
• Pugachev — 41,375
• Petrovsk — 33,622

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.