Kharkiv: 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.
Kharkiv is a city of 1.4 million people in Ukraine, 128 m (420 ft) above sea level. It has 11 railway stations on record, including Kharkiv-Pasazhyrskyi railway station. Our booking partner lists 286 places to stay.
Key facts
Daylight in Kharkiv runs from about 8 h 9 min a day in late December to 16 h 26 min in late June (computed for 49.98° 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 Kharkiv in the OurAirports register, so flying in means a longer transfer from the nearest served city.
By rail: stations on record include Kharkiv-Pasazhyrskyi railway station, Kharkiv-Levada Railway Station, Kharkiv-Slobidskyi railway station, Losieve Railway Station, Zaliutyne, Bezliudivka. Trains to Kharkiv
Buses to Kharkiv · Driving and car hire
Where to stay
Our booking partner lists 286 places to stay in Kharkiv. Of the 221 with a star rating, the largest group is 3-star (155), and 3 are five-star. Across 54 properties with at least 50 reviews, the average guest score is 9.2 out of 10. Guests have left 13,667 reviews in total.
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What people come for
| Sight | Visitors a year | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Museum of Kharkiv University | 4,000 | — |
The busiest is Museum of Kharkiv University at 4,000 visitors. Figures are the latest each site has published, so they are not all for the same year.
Tours, tickets and day trips from Kharkiv
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Rostov-on-Don, 398 km (Russia)
- Voronezh, 279 km (Russia) — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Dnipro, 190 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Donetsk, 245 km — tours
- Zaporizhzhya, 251 km — tours
- Kryvyy Rih, 311 km
- Lipetsk, 369 km (Russia) — trains · buses
- Kursk, 194 km (Russia) — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Bryansk, 389 km (Russia)
- Luhansk, 271 km — tours
Twin towns and sister cities: Bologna, Brno, Cetinje, Cincinnati, Daugavpils, Gaziantep, Jinan, Kaunas, Kutaisi, Lille, Nuremberg, Poznań, Rishon LeZion, Tianjin.
Common questions
How big is Kharkiv?
About 1.4 million people live in Kharkiv, across 49 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Kharkiv in?
Europe/Kyiv, currently UTC+3.
What currency is used in Kharkiv?
The Hryvnia (UAH). Traffic drives on the right.
How many hotels are there in Kharkiv?
Our booking partner lists 286 places to stay in Kharkiv, bookable on this site.
Which cities are near Kharkiv?
Rostov-on-Don (398 km), Voronezh (279 km), Dnipro (190 km), Donetsk (245 km), Zaporizhzhya (251 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.