Map of Donetsk, Ukraine

Donetsk is the administrative centre of Donetsk, Ukraine, with a population of about 901,645. It lies at 48.0230°N, 37.8022°E. Donetsk is about 593 km (369 mi) southeast of Kyiv, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Makiivka, 10 km to the east.

Donetsk at a glance

Where is Donetsk?

• The 5th largest city in Ukraine by recorded population.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 22 min on the shortest day to 16 h 03 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Donetsk

• Makiivka — 10 km east
• Yasynuvata — 13 km north
• Avdiivka — 14 km north
• Khartsyzk — 26 km east
• Yenakiieve — 38 km northeast
• Horlivka — 39 km northeast
• Shakhtarsk — 47 km east
• Myrnohrad — 51 km northwest
• Pokrovsk — 55 km northwest
• Kostiantynivka — 57 km north

Largest cities in Donetsk

• Makiivka — 338,968
• Horlivka — 239,828
• Mariupol — 230,000
• Kramatorsk — 147,145
• Sloviansk — 105,141
• Bakhmut — 80,500
• Yenakiieve — 76,673
• Shakhtarsk — 71,700
• Kostiantynivka — 67,350
• Pokrovsk — 60,127

Largest cities in Ukraine

• Kyiv — 2,952,301
• Kharkiv — 1,421,125
• Odesa — 1,010,537
• Dnipro — 968,502
• Lviv — 717,273
• Zaporizhzhya — 710,052
• Kryvyy Rih — 603,904
• Sevastopol — 547,820
• Mykolayiv — 470,011
• Vinnytsya — 430,091

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Other places named Donetsk

• Donetsk — Rostov, Russia

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.