Map of Cherkasy, Ukraine
Cherkasy is the administrative centre of Cherkasy, Ukraine, with a population of about 269,836. It lies at 49.4445°N, 32.0574°E, about 110 m above sea level. Cherkasy is about 157 km (98 mi) southeast of Kyiv, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Smila, 27 km to the southwest.
Cherkasy at a glance
Country
Region
Cherkasy
Population
269,836GeoNames
Coordinates
49.4445, 32.057449°26′40″N 32°03′27″E
Time zone
Europe/KyivUTC+02:00 / UTC+03:00 (daylight saving time)
Local time
–
Elevation
110 m (361 ft)
Distance to Kyiv
157 km (98 mi)
Where is Cherkasy?
- The 18th largest city in Ukraine by recorded population.
- Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
- Daylight ranges from about 8 h 09 min on the shortest day to 16 h 17 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).
Cities near Cherkasy
- Smila — 27 km southwest
- Lubny — 93 km northeast
- Svitlovodsk — 96 km southeast
- Kropyvnytskyy — 105 km south
- Kremenchuk — 107 km southeast
- Oleksandriya — 115 km southeast
- Horishni Plavni — 124 km east
- Myrhorod — 126 km northeast
- Pryluky — 130 km north
- Zhovti Vody — 161 km southeast
Largest cities in Cherkasy
Largest cities in Ukraine
- Kyiv — 2,952,301
- Kharkiv — 1,421,125
- Odesa — 1,010,537
- Dnipro — 968,502
- Donetsk — 901,645
- Lviv — 717,273
- Zaporizhzhya — 710,052
- Kryvyy Rih — 603,904
- Sevastopol — 547,820
- Mykolayiv — 470,011
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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.