Map of Buynaksk, Russia

Buynaksk is a city in Dagestan, Russia, with a population of about 62,689. It lies at 42.8180°N, 47.1268°E. Buynaksk is about 1,592 km (989 mi) southeast of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Makhachkala, 35 km to the northeast.

Buynaksk at a glance

Where is Buynaksk?

• The 5th largest city in Dagestan on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 01 min on the shortest day to 15 h 20 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Buynaksk

• Makhachkala — 35 km northeast
• Kaspiysk — 42 km east
• Kizilyurt — 48 km northwest
• Khasavyurt — 65 km northwest
• Izberbash — 67 km southeast
• Kizlyar — 119 km north
• Derbent — 127 km southeast
• Groznyy — 129 km northwest
• Urus-Martan — 134 km west
• Sunzha — 178 km west

Largest cities in Dagestan

• Makhachkala — 596,356
• Khasavyurt — 126,829
• Derbent — 105,965
• Kaspiysk — 81,752
• Kizlyar — 50,564
• Izberbash — 42,121
• Kizilyurt — 33,411

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.