Map of Irkutsk, Russia

Irkutsk is the administrative centre of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, with a population of about 623,869. It lies at 52.2978°N, 104.2964°E. Irkutsk is about 4,202 km (2,611 mi) northeast of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Shelekhov, 17 km to the southwest.

Irkutsk at a glance

Where is Irkutsk?

• The 23rd largest city in Russia by recorded population.
• The largest city in Irkutsk Oblast on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 41 min on the shortest day to 16 h 47 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Irkutsk

• Shelekhov — 17 km southwest
• Angarsk — 38 km northwest
• Usol’ye-Sibirskoye — 67 km northwest
• Cheremkhovo — 126 km northwest
• Ulan-Ude — 232 km east
• Zima — 235 km northwest
• Sayansk — 246 km northwest
• Darhan — 333 km south, Mongolia
• Tulun — 352 km northwest
• Erdenet — 363 km south, Mongolia

Largest cities in Irkutsk Oblast

• Bratsk — 256,600
• Angarsk — 243,158
• Ust’-Ilimsk — 100,271
• Usol’ye-Sibirskoye — 85,900
• Cheremkhovo — 57,395
• Tulun — 51,330
• Ust’-Kut — 48,202
• Shelekhov — 47,459
• Sayansk — 43,949
• Nizhneudinsk — 38,723

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.