Map of Gatchina, Russia

Gatchina is a city in Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia, with a population of about 89,761. It lies at 59.5764°N, 30.1283°E. Gatchina is about 615 km (382 mi) northwest of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Pushkin, 21 km to the northeast.

Gatchina at a glance

Where is Gatchina?

• The largest city in Leningradskaya Oblast' on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 6 h 00 min on the shortest day to 18 h 43 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Gatchina

• Pushkin — 21 km northeast
• Kolpino — 32 km northeast
• Peterhof — 36 km north
• Petrodvorets — 40 km northwest
• Saint Petersburg — 42 km north
• Lomonosov — 42 km northwest
• Tosno — 42 km east
• Kronstadt — 50 km northwest
• Vsevolozhsk — 58 km northeast
• Sestroretsk — 59 km north

Largest cities in Leningradskaya Oblast'

• Vyborg — 78,633
• Sosnovyy Bor — 68,563
• Tikhvin — 62,075
• Kirishi — 56,190
• Kingisepp — 50,566
• Vsevolozhsk — 48,224
• Volkhov — 45,673
• Sertolovo — 43,622
• Tosno — 40,198
• Luga — 40,114

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.