Map of Gorno-Altaysk, Russia

Gorno-Altaysk is the administrative centre of Altai, Russia, with a population of about 63,214. It lies at 51.9606°N, 85.9189°E. Gorno-Altaysk is about 3,130 km (1,945 mi) east of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Biysk, 80 km to the northwest.

Gorno-Altaysk at a glance

Where is Gorno-Altaysk?

• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 45 min on the shortest day to 16 h 44 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Gorno-Altaysk

• Biysk — 80 km northwest
• Zarinsk — 205 km north
• Novoaltaysk — 208 km northwest
• Osinniki — 209 km northeast
• Barnaul — 213 km northwest
• Novokuznetsk — 215 km north
• Prokop’yevsk — 223 km north
• Kiselëvsk — 231 km north
• Myski — 232 km northeast
• Ridder — 246 km southwest, Kazakhstan

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.