Map of Sayansk, Russia

Sayansk is a city in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, with a population of about 43,949. It lies at 54.1088°N, 102.1648°E. Sayansk is about 3,977 km (2,471 mi) northeast of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Zima, 22 km to the south.

Sayansk at a glance

Where is Sayansk?

• The 10th largest city in Irkutsk Oblast on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 21 min on the shortest day to 17 h 10 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Sayansk

• Zima — 22 km south
• Tulun — 114 km northwest
• Cheremkhovo — 122 km southeast
• Usol’ye-Sibirskoye — 180 km southeast
• Angarsk — 209 km southeast
• Nizhneudinsk — 221 km northwest
• Bratsk — 228 km north
• Irkutsk — 246 km southeast
• Shelekhov — 247 km southeast
• Ust’-Kut — 375 km northeast

Largest cities in Irkutsk Oblast

• Irkutsk — 623,869
• Bratsk — 256,600
• Angarsk — 243,158
• Ust’-Ilimsk — 100,271
• Usol’ye-Sibirskoye — 85,900
• Cheremkhovo — 57,395
• Tulun — 51,330
• Ust’-Kut — 48,202
• Shelekhov — 47,459
• Nizhneudinsk — 38,723

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.