Kyiv: 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.
Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine (Kyiv City), 187 m (614 ft) above sea level. It has 10 railway stations on record, including Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi railway station. Our booking partner lists 1,601+ places to stay.
Key facts
Daylight in Kyiv runs from about 8 h 4 min a day in late December to 16 h 31 min in late June (computed for 50.45° 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 Kyiv in the OurAirports register, so flying in means a longer transfer from the nearest served city.
By rail: stations on record include Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi railway station, Livoberezhna, Imeni Heorhiia Kirpy, Borshchahivka, Sviatoshyn, Farmatsevtychna. Trains to Kyiv
Buses to Kyiv · Driving and car hire
Where to stay
Our booking partner lists 1,601+ places to stay in Kyiv (statistics below are from the first 1,000). Of the 683 with a star rating, the largest group is 4-star (371), and 11 are five-star. Across 368 properties with at least 50 reviews, the average guest score is 8.8 out of 10. Guests have left 212,827 reviews in total.
Hotels in Kyiv: the full picture, and book
Our booking partner lists 128 hostels in Kyiv, out of 1,601 places to stay of every kind — 8% of everywhere it lists in the city, which puts it in the top tenth of the cities we hold hostel figures for — a well-established backpacker trail. Across 43 hostels with at least 50 reviews, the average guest score is 7.9 out of 10, 0.9 below the 8.8 its hotels average. Guests have left 12,019 reviews across them.
Hostels in Kyiv: the full picture, and book
What people come for
| Sight | Visitors a year | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Memorial in Commemoration of Famines' Victims in Ukraine | 470,000 | — |
| National Art Museum of Ukraine | 48,500 | — |
| Viktor Nekrasov Library (Kyiv) | 16,000 | — |
The busiest is Memorial in Commemoration of Famines' Victims in Ukraine at 470,000 visitors. Figures are the latest each site has published, so they are not all for the same year.
UNESCO World Heritage in the city: Church of the Saviour at Berestove; Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra; Saint Sophia Cathedral.
Tours, tickets and day trips from Kyiv
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Dnipro, 394 km — trains · buses · car rental
- Kryvyy Rih, 352 km — trains · buses · car rental
- Homyel', 222 km (Belarus) — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Vinnytsya, 200 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Mahilyow, 384 km (Belarus) — buses · car rental
- Chernihiv, 128 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Poltava, 304 km — trains · buses · car rental
- Khmelnytskyi, 279 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Cherkasy, 157 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Zhytomyr, 133 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
Twin towns and sister cities: Munich, Vilnius, Ankara, Geneva, Edinburgh, Riga, Wuhan, Athens, Baku, Bratislava, Belgrade, Brussels, Budapest, Chicago.
Common questions
How big is Kyiv?
About 3 million people live in Kyiv, across 848 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Kyiv in?
Europe/Kyiv, currently UTC+3.
What currency is used in Kyiv?
The Hryvnia (UAH). Traffic drives on the right.
Are there hostels in Kyiv?
128 of them, bookable on this site. Hostels in Kyiv.
How many hotels are there in Kyiv?
Our booking partner lists 1,601 or more places to stay in Kyiv, bookable on this site.
Which cities are near Kyiv?
Dnipro (394 km), Kryvyy Rih (352 km), Homyel' (222 km), Vinnytsya (200 km), Mahilyow (384 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 14 September 2026. Hotel and hostel 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.