Map of Petrozavodsk, Russia

Petrozavodsk is the administrative centre of Karelia, Russia, with a population of about 279,190. It lies at 61.7849°N, 34.3469°E. Petrozavodsk is about 697 km (433 mi) north of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Kondopoga, 47 km to the north.

Petrozavodsk at a glance

Where is Petrozavodsk?

• The largest city in Karelia on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 5 h 14 min on the shortest day to 19 h 38 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Petrozavodsk

• Kondopoga — 47 km north
• Segezha — 218 km north
• Volkhov — 234 km southwest
• Tikhvin — 243 km south
• Vsevolozhsk — 280 km southwest
• Kirishi — 286 km southwest
• Sertolovo — 289 km southwest
• Saint Petersburg — 300 km southwest
• Kolpino — 305 km southwest
• Tosno — 313 km southwest

Largest cities in Karelia

• Kondopoga — 34,360
• Segezha — 33,354

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.