Map of Novocherkassk, Russia

Novocherkassk is a city in Rostov, Russia, with a population of about 166,974. It lies at 47.4210°N, 40.0919°E. Novocherkassk is about 942 km (585 mi) south of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Aksay, 25 km to the southwest.

Novocherkassk at a glance

Where is Novocherkassk?

• The 4th largest city in Rostov on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 27 min on the shortest day to 15 h 57 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Novocherkassk

• Aksay — 25 km southwest
• Shakhty — 33 km north
• Rostov-na-Donu — 35 km southwest
• Novoshakhtinsk — 40 km north
• Bataysk — 40 km southwest
• Krasnyy Sulin — 52 km north
• Azov — 62 km southwest
• Gukovo — 72 km north
• Dovzhansk — 81 km northwest, Ukraine
• Rovenky — 91 km northwest, Ukraine

Largest cities in Rostov

• Taganrog — 279,056
• Shakhty — 221,312
• Volgodonsk — 167,731
• Bataysk — 109,962
• Novoshakhtinsk — 99,478
• Azov — 82,133
• Kamensk-Shakhtinsky — 75,814
• Gukovo — 66,079
• Sal’sk — 61,000
• Donetsk — 50,850

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.