Map of Saint Petersburg, Russia

Saint Petersburg is the administrative centre of St.-Petersburg, Russia, with a population of about 5,351,935. It lies at 59.9386°N, 30.3141°E. Saint Petersburg is about 634 km (394 mi) northwest of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Vsevolozhsk, 22 km to the northeast.

Saint Petersburg at a glance

Where is Saint Petersburg?

• The 2nd largest city in Russia by recorded population.
• The largest city in St.-Petersburg on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 5 h 53 min on the shortest day to 18 h 51 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Saint Petersburg

• Vsevolozhsk — 22 km northeast
• Sertolovo — 24 km north
• Peterhof — 24 km west
• Pushkin — 25 km south
• Kolpino — 26 km southeast
• Sestroretsk — 26 km northwest
• Petrodvorets — 29 km west
• Lomonosov — 30 km west
• Kronstadt — 31 km west
• Gatchina — 42 km south

Largest cities in St.-Petersburg

• Kolpino — 138,979
• Pushkin — 92,889
• Peterhof — 73,199
• Petrodvorets — 61,973
• Kronstadt — 43,005
• Lomonosov — 42,505
• Sestroretsk — 37,248

Largest cities in Russia

• Moscow — 10,381,222
• 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
• 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.