Map of Kazan, Russia

Kazan is the administrative centre of Tatarstan Republic, Russia, with a population of about 1,243,500. It lies at 55.7887°N, 49.1221°E. Kazan is about 719 km (447 mi) east of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Zelenodolsk, 38 km to the west.

Kazan at a glance

Where is Kazan?

• The 6th largest city in Russia by recorded population.
• The largest city in Tatarstan Republic on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 00 min on the shortest day to 17 h 34 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Kazan

• Zelenodolsk — 38 km west
• Volzhsk — 48 km west
• Chistopol’ — 107 km southeast
• Kanash — 107 km west
• Novocheboksarsk — 108 km west
• Yoshkar-Ola — 121 km northwest
• Cheboksary — 123 km west
• Vyatskiye Polyany — 130 km northeast
• Ulyanovsk — 169 km south
• Nizhnekamsk — 170 km east

Largest cities in Tatarstan Republic

• Naberezhnyye Chelny — 509,870
• Nizhnekamsk — 234,297
• Al’met’yevsk — 140,437
• Zelenodolsk — 99,600
• Bugulma — 91,900
• Yelabuga — 72,643
• Leninogorsk — 66,263
• Chistopol’ — 62,200
• Zainsk — 42,044
• Nurlat — 34,451

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
• Chelyabinsk — 1,202,371
• Omsk — 1,172,070
• Samara — 1,163,399
• Rostov-na-Donu — 1,130,305
• Ufa — 1,120,547

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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.