Map of Barnaul, Russia

Barnaul is the administrative centre of Altai Krai, Russia, with a population of about 632,372. It lies at 53.3606°N, 83.7636°E. Barnaul is about 2,932 km (1,822 mi) east of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Novoaltaysk, 12 km to the east.

Barnaul at a glance

Where is Barnaul?

• The 21st largest city in Russia by recorded population.
• The largest city in Altai Krai on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 30 min on the shortest day to 17 h 00 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Barnaul

• Novoaltaysk — 12 km east
• Zarinsk — 87 km northeast
• Biysk — 133 km southeast
• Iskitim — 145 km north
• Berdsk — 161 km north
• Kamen’-na-Obi — 167 km west
• Novosibirsk — 195 km north
• Kiselëvsk — 203 km east
• Belovo — 203 km northeast
• Prokop’yevsk — 204 km east

Largest cities in Altai Krai

• Biysk — 215,430
• Rubtsovsk — 161,065
• Novoaltaysk — 61,050
• Zarinsk — 52,209
• Kamen’-na-Obi — 44,564
• Slavgorod — 34,141

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.