Penza: facts

At a glance

• Country: Russia
• Region: Penza Oblast
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 523,553
• Coordinates: 53.1957° N, 45.0108° E
• Time zone: Europe/Moscow (UTC+03:00)
• Currency: Ruble (RUB)
• Distance to the capital, Moscow: 555 km (345 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Penza Airport (PEZ): 9.5 km (5.9 mi), straight line
• Saransk International Airport (SKX): 104 km (65 mi), straight line
• Gagarin International Airport (GSV): 183 km (114 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Zarechnyy: 12 km (8 mi)
• Kamenka: 64 km (40 mi)
• Insar: 86 km (53 mi)
• Nikol'sk: 91 km (57 mi)
• Nizhniy Lomov: 96 km (60 mi)