Melitopol: 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.
Melitopol is a city of 148,851 people in Ukraine (Zaporizhzhia), 15 m (49 ft) above sea level. It has 1 railway station on record, including Melitopol.
Key facts
Daylight in Melitopol runs from about 8 h 35 min a day in late December to 15 h 56 min in late June (computed for 46.85° 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 Melitopol in the OurAirports register, so flying in means a longer transfer from the nearest served city.
By rail: stations on record include Melitopol. Trains to Melitopol
Buses to Melitopol · Driving and car hire
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Kharkiv, 354 km
- Rostov-on-Don, 330 km (Russia)
- Odesa, 356 km
- Dnipro, 182 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Donetsk, 224 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Krasnodar, 343 km (Russia)
- Zaporizhzhya, 113 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Kryvyy Rih, 190 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Sevastopol, 288 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Mykolayiv, 258 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
Twin towns and sister cities: Brive-la-Gaillarde, Akademichesky District, Barysaw, Puchavičy District, Kėdainiai, Sliven.
Common questions
How big is Melitopol?
About 148,851 people live in Melitopol, across 50 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Melitopol in?
Europe/Kyiv, currently UTC+3.
What currency is used in Melitopol?
The Hryvnia (UAH). Traffic drives on the right.
Which cities are near Melitopol?
Kharkiv (354 km), Rostov-on-Don (330 km), Odesa (356 km), Dnipro (182 km), Donetsk (224 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.