Nizhniy Novgorod: facts

At a glance

• Country: Russia
• Region: Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 1,259,013
• Coordinates: 56.3287° N, 44.0020° E
• Time zone: Europe/Moscow (UTC+03:00)
• Currency: Ruble (RUB)
• Distance to the capital, Moscow: 402 km (250 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Nizhny Novgorod / Strigino International Airport (GOJ): 17 km (11 mi), straight line
• Ivanovo South Airport (IWA): 199 km (124 mi), straight line
• Cheboksary Airport (CSY): 209 km (130 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Bor: 5.6 km (3.5 mi)
• Kstovo: 24 km (15 mi)
• Novaya Balakhna: 30 km (19 mi)
• Dzerzhinsk: 35 km (22 mi)
• Bogorodsk: 40 km (25 mi)