Cherkasy: how to get there and around
Airports, stations, ports, where the hotels are and what the numbers say, from public data rather than a brochure.
Cherkasy is a city of 269,836 people in Ukraine, 111 m (364 ft) above sea level. It has 1 railway station on record, including Cherkasy.
Key facts
Daylight in Cherkasy runs from about 8 h 14 min a day in late December to 16 h 21 min in late June (computed for 49.44° latitude), which matters more than the forecast when a day is built around one flight or one crossing.
Getting there
No airport with scheduled passenger service sits within 100 km of Cherkasy in the OurAirports register, so flying in means a longer transfer from the nearest served city.
By rail: stations on record include Cherkasy. Trains to Cherkasy
Buses to Cherkasy · Driving and car hire
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Kyiv, 157 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Kharkiv, 308 km
- Odesa, 343 km — trains
- Dnipro, 243 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Zaporizhzhya, 286 km — tours
- Chisinau, 360 km (Moldova) — trains
- Kryvyy Rih, 197 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Homyel', 341 km (Belarus)
- Mykolayiv, 275 km — tours
- Kursk, 386 km (Russia)
Twin towns and sister cities: Bydgoszcz, Fergana, Sumgait, Rustavi, Wanzhou, Petah Tikva, Madaba, Kuşadası, Vagharshapat, Jilin City, Aktau.
Common questions
How big is Cherkasy?
About 269,836 people live in Cherkasy, across 78 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Cherkasy in?
Europe/Kyiv, currently UTC+3.
What currency is used in Cherkasy?
The Hryvnia (UAH). Traffic drives on the right.
Which cities are near Cherkasy?
Kyiv (157 km), Kharkiv (308 km), Odesa (343 km), Dnipro (243 km), Zaporizhzhya (286 km).
Where these facts come from
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
- Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
- OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
- Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines
Data compiled 13 September 2026. Hotel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.