Map of Qulsary, Kazakhstan

Qulsary is a city in Atyrau Oblisi, Kazakhstan, with a population of about 51,216. It lies at 46.9531°N, 54.0198°E. Qulsary is about 1,350 km (839 mi) west of Astana, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Atyrau, 163 km to the west.

Qulsary at a glance

Where is Qulsary?

• The 30th largest city in Kazakhstan by recorded population.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 31 min on the shortest day to 15 h 53 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Qulsary

• Atyrau — 163 km west
• Zhanaozen — 412 km south
• Shevchenko — 430 km southwest
• Aktobe — 438 km northeast
• Aqsay — 475 km north
• Oral — 514 km north
• Orenburg — 542 km north, Russia
• Novotroitsk — 567 km northeast, Russia
• Qŭnghirot — 577 km southeast, Uzbekistan
• Orsk — 577 km northeast, Russia

Largest cities in Atyrau Oblisi

• Atyrau — 290,700

Largest cities in Kazakhstan

• Almaty — 1,977,011
• Astana — 1,544,142
• Shymkent — 1,200,000
• Aktobe — 500,757
• Karagandy — 497,777
• Taraz — 358,153
• Kyzylorda — 354,800
• Oral — 330,000
• Pavlodar — 329,002
• Ust-Kamenogorsk — 319,067

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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.