Map of Ulyanovsk, Russia

Ulyanovsk is the administrative centre of Ulyanovsk, Russia, with a population of about 626,540. It lies at 54.3282°N, 48.3866°E. Ulyanovsk is about 704 km (437 mi) east of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Dimitrovgrad, 81 km to the east.

Ulyanovsk at a glance

Where is Ulyanovsk?

• The 22nd largest city in Russia by recorded population.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 18 min on the shortest day to 17 h 13 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Ulyanovsk

• Dimitrovgrad — 81 km east
• Tolyatti — 109 km southeast
• Zhigulevsk — 126 km southeast
• Alatyr’ — 130 km northwest
• Syzran — 130 km south
• Kanash — 143 km northwest
• Nurlat — 157 km east
• Zelenodolsk — 169 km north
• Kazan — 169 km north
• Samara — 171 km southeast

Largest cities in Ulyanovsk

• Dimitrovgrad — 132,226

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.