Mariupol: 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.
Mariupol is a city of 230,000 people in Ukraine (Donetsk), 65 m (213 ft) above sea level. It has 5 railway stations on record, including Mariupol railway station.
Key facts
Daylight in Mariupol runs from about 8 h 33 min a day in late December to 15 h 58 min in late June (computed for 47.1° 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 Mariupol in the OurAirports register, so flying in means a longer transfer from the nearest served city.
By rail: stations on record include Mariupol railway station, Sartana, Azovstal railway station, Mariupol-Port, Mariupol-Sortuvalnyi. Trains to Mariupol
Buses to Mariupol · Driving and car hire
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Kharkiv, 335 km
- Rostov-on-Don, 164 km (Russia) — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Dnipro, 241 km — tours
- Donetsk, 105 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Krasnodar, 254 km (Russia) — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Zaporizhzhya, 201 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Kryvyy Rih, 324 km
- Luhansk, 210 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Belgorod, 396 km (Russia)
- Makiyivka, 110 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
Twin towns and sister cities: Savona, Qiqihar, Thessaloniki, Gdańsk, Trabzon, Santa Severina, Lviv, Feodosiia, Kolomyia, Piraeus, Pereiaslav, Bakhchysarai, Makiivka, Slavuta.
Common questions
How big is Mariupol?
About 230,000 people live in Mariupol, across 244 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Mariupol in?
Europe/Kyiv, currently UTC+3.
What currency is used in Mariupol?
The Hryvnia (UAH). Traffic drives on the right.
Which cities are near Mariupol?
Kharkiv (335 km), Rostov-on-Don (164 km), Dnipro (241 km), Donetsk (105 km), Krasnodar (254 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.