Poltava: facts

At a glance

• Country: Ukraine
• Region: Poltava
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 279,593
• Coordinates: 49.5892° N, 34.5537° E
• Time zone: Europe/Kyiv (UTC+02:00 standard, UTC+03:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Hryvnia (UAH)
• Distance to the capital, Kyiv: 304 km (189 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Dnipro International Airport (DNK): 143 km (89 mi), straight line
• Belgorod International Airport (EGO, Russia): 187 km (116 mi), straight line
• Kryvyi Rih International Airport (KWG): 198 km (123 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Tereshky: 5.8 km (3.6 mi)
• Shcherbani: 6.2 km (3.8 mi)
• Novoselivka: 10 km (6 mi)
• Machukhy: 12 km (7 mi)
• Kolomatske: 16 km (10 mi)