Map of Volgodonsk, Russia

Volgodonsk is a city in Rostov, Russia, with a population of about 167,731. It lies at 47.5136°N, 42.1514°E. Volgodonsk is about 968 km (601 mi) south of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Sal’sk, 124 km to the south.

Volgodonsk at a glance

Where is Volgodonsk?

• The 3rd largest city in Rostov on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 26 min on the shortest day to 15 h 58 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Volgodonsk

• Sal’sk — 124 km south
• Belaya Kalitva — 127 km northwest
• Shakhty — 147 km west
• Novocherkassk — 155 km west
• Krasnyy Sulin — 161 km west
• Kamensk-Shakhtinsky — 167 km northwest
• Millerovo — 204 km northwest
• Elista — 209 km southeast
• Volgograd — 220 km northeast
• Tikhoretsk — 241 km southwest

Largest cities in Rostov

• Taganrog — 279,056
• Shakhty — 221,312
• Novocherkassk — 166,974
• Bataysk — 109,962
• Novoshakhtinsk — 99,478
• Azov — 82,133
• Kamensk-Shakhtinsky — 75,814
• Gukovo — 66,079
• Sal’sk — 61,000
• Donetsk — 50,850

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.