Map of Salekhard, Russia

Salekhard is the administrative centre of Yamalo-Nenets, Russia, with a population of about 49,214. It lies at 66.5300°N, 66.6019°E. Salekhard is about 1,934 km (1,202 mi) northeast of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Vorkuta, 154 km to the northwest.

Salekhard at a glance

Where is Salekhard?

• The 3rd largest city in Yamalo-Nenets on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 2 h 12 min on the shortest day to 24 hours (midnight sun) on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Salekhard

• Vorkuta — 154 km northwest
• Nadym — 289 km east
• Nyagan — 492 km south
• Lyantor — 609 km southeast
• Khanty-Mansiysk — 626 km south
• Nefteyugansk — 671 km southeast
• Surgut — 674 km southeast
• Pyt-Yakh — 712 km southeast
• Uray — 717 km south
• Severoural’sk — 782 km southwest

Largest cities in Yamalo-Nenets

• Noyabrsk — 110,000
• Novyy Urengoy — 94,212
• Nadym — 46,339
• Muravlenko — 39,137

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.