Map of Ulan-Ude, Russia

Ulan-Ude is the administrative centre of Buryatiya Republic, Russia, with a population of about 360,278. It lies at 51.8272°N, 107.6063°E. Ulan-Ude is about 4,420 km (2,746 mi) northeast of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Irkutsk, 232 km to the west.

Ulan-Ude at a glance

Where is Ulan-Ude?

• The 48th largest city in Russia by recorded population.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 46 min on the shortest day to 16 h 42 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Ulan-Ude

• Irkutsk — 232 km west
• Shelekhov — 244 km west
• Angarsk — 266 km west
• Darhan — 286 km southwest, Mongolia
• Usol’ye-Sibirskoye — 288 km west
• Cheremkhovo — 341 km northwest
• Erdenet — 398 km southwest, Mongolia
• Ulaanbaatar — 439 km south, Mongolia
• Zima — 440 km northwest
• Sayansk — 444 km northwest

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.