Map of Magnitogorsk, Russia

Magnitogorsk is a city in Chelyabinsk, Russia, with a population of about 413,351. It lies at 53.4186°N, 59.0472°E. Magnitogorsk is about 1,399 km (869 mi) east of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Beloretsk, 74 km to the northwest.

Magnitogorsk at a glance

Where is Magnitogorsk?

• The 45th largest city in Russia by recorded population.
• The 2nd largest city in Chelyabinsk on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 29 min on the shortest day to 17 h 01 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Magnitogorsk

• Beloretsk — 74 km northwest
• Sibay — 82 km south
• Uchaly — 108 km north
• Trëkhgornyy — 160 km north
• Satka — 181 km north
• Troitsk — 183 km northeast
• Yuzhnoural’sk — 184 km northeast
• Chebarkul’ — 193 km northeast
• Miass — 194 km north
• Zlatoust — 199 km north

Largest cities in Chelyabinsk

• Chelyabinsk — 1,202,371
• Zlatoust — 191,366
• Miass — 167,500
• Troitsk — 82,338
• Ozersk — 81,023
• Kopeysk — 70,780
• Snezhinsk — 50,086
• Satka — 49,384
• Chebarkul’ — 46,502
• Kyshtym — 41,625

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.