Map of Kansk, Russia

Kansk is a city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, with a population of about 101,502. It lies at 56.2017°N, 95.7175°E. Kansk is about 3,506 km (2,179 mi) northeast of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Zelenogorsk, 70 km to the west.

Kansk at a glance

Where is Kansk?

• The 4th largest city in Krasnoyarsk Krai on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 6 h 54 min on the shortest day to 17 h 40 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Kansk

• Zelenogorsk — 70 km west
• Zheleznogorsk — 135 km west
• Tayshet — 145 km east
• Krasnoyarsk — 178 km west
• Nizhneudinsk — 253 km southeast
• Lesosibirsk — 298 km northwest
• Minusinsk — 378 km southwest
• Chernogorsk — 387 km southwest
• Abakan — 389 km southwest
• Sayanogorsk — 444 km southwest

Largest cities in Krasnoyarsk Krai

• Krasnoyarsk — 1,090,811
• Norilsk — 140,800
• Achinsk — 117,634
• Zheleznogorsk — 93,834
• Minusinsk — 72,781
• Zelenogorsk — 71,354
• Lesosibirsk — 65,945
• Talnakh — 59,051
• Nazarovo — 55,252
• Sharypovo — 42,773

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.