Nizhny Tagil: 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.
Nizhny Tagil is a city of 381,116 people in Russia (Sverdlovsk Oblast), 185 m (607 ft) above sea level. It has 3 railway stations on record, including San-Donato.
Key facts
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Daylight in Nizhny Tagil runs from about 6 h 34 min a day in late December to 18 h 16 min in late June (computed for 57.92° 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 Nizhny Tagil in the OurAirports register, so flying in means a longer transfer from the nearest served city.
By rail: stations on record include San-Donato, Smychka, Staratel. Trains to Nizhny Tagil
Buses to Nizhny Tagil · Driving and car hire
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Yekaterinburg, 124 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Chelyabinsk, 320 km — trains · buses · car rental
- Perm, 219 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Tyumen, 343 km — trains · buses · car rental
- Zlatoust, 306 km — trains · buses · car rental
- Kamensk-Ural’skiy, 206 km — buses · car rental · tours
- Berezniki, 246 km — buses · car rental · tours
- Miass, 320 km — trains · buses · car rental
- Pervouralsk, 113 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Solikamsk, 269 km — buses · car rental · tours
Twin towns and sister cities: Františkovy Lázně, Kryvyi Rih, Cheb, Novokuznetsk, Brest, Chattanooga, Mariánské Lázně, Luhansk, Yevpatoriya.
Common questions
How big is Nizhny Tagil?
About 381,116 people live in Nizhny Tagil, across 298 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Nizhny Tagil in?
Asia/Yekaterinburg, currently UTC+5.
What currency is used in Nizhny Tagil?
The Ruble (RUB). Traffic drives on the right.
Which cities are near Nizhny Tagil?
Yekaterinburg (124 km), Chelyabinsk (320 km), Perm (219 km), Tyumen (343 km), Zlatoust (306 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.