Map of Istra, Russia

Istra is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, with a population of about 33,390. It lies at 55.9198°N, 36.8688°E. Istra is about 50 km (31 mi) west of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Zelenograd, 21 km to the east.

Istra at a glance

Where is Istra?

• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 6 h 58 min on the shortest day to 17 h 36 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Istra

• Zelenograd — 21 km east
• Solnechnogorsk — 30 km north
• Krasnogorsk — 31 km east
• Khimki — 35 km east
• Odintsovo — 38 km southeast
• Krasnoznamensk — 38 km south
• Lobnya — 39 km east
• Dolgoprudnyy — 40 km east
• Novo-Peredelkino — 42 km southeast
• Vostochnoe Degunino — 43 km east

Largest cities in Moscow Oblast

• Khimki — 239,967
• Podolsk — 179,400
• Mytishchi — 160,542
• Lyubertsy — 154,650
• Balashikha — 150,103
• Kolomna — 147,690
• Elektrostal’ — 144,387
• Zheleznodorozhnyy — 141,648
• Korolev — 139,798
• Odintsovo — 137,041

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.