Map of Penza, Russia

Penza is the administrative centre of Penza Oblast, Russia, with a population of about 523,553. It lies at 53.2007°N, 45.0046°E. Penza is about 555 km (345 mi) southeast of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Zarechnyy, 13 km to the east.

Penza at a glance

Where is Penza?

• The 34th largest city in Russia by recorded population.
• The largest city in Penza Oblast on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 31 min on the shortest day to 16 h 58 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Penza

• Zarechnyy — 13 km east
• Ruzayevka — 96 km north
• Serdobsk — 98 km southwest
• Petrovsk — 103 km south
• Zarechnyy — 105 km east
• Kuznetsk — 107 km east
• Saransk — 110 km north
• Rtishchevo — 133 km southwest
• Saratov — 197 km south
• Engels — 205 km south

Largest cities in Penza Oblast

• Kuznetsk — 90,480
• Zarechnyy — 63,579
• Zarechnyy — 62,139
• Serdobsk — 36,652

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.