Map of Rostov-na-Donu, Russia

Rostov-na-Donu is a city in Russia, with a population of about 1,130,305. It lies at 47.2313°N, 39.7233°E. Rostov-na-Donu is about 959 km (596 mi) south of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Bataysk, 10 km to the south.

Rostov-na-Donu at a glance

Where is Rostov-na-Donu?

• The 10th largest city in Russia by recorded population.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 28 min on the shortest day to 15 h 56 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Rostov-na-Donu

• Bataysk — 10 km south
• Aksay — 11 km east
• Azov — 27 km southwest
• Novocherkassk — 35 km northeast
• Novoshakhtinsk — 61 km north
• Taganrog — 62 km west
• Shakhty — 65 km northeast
• Krasnyy Sulin — 78 km north
• Gukovo — 94 km north
• Dovzhansk — 96 km north, Ukraine

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
• Ufa — 1,120,547

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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.