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Odesa: 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.

Odesa is a city of 1 million people in Ukraine, 34 m (112 ft) above sea level. It has 8 railway stations on record, including Odesa-Port railway station. It is a port city: Port of Odesa. Our booking partner lists 816 places to stay.

Key facts

Population1 million
Elevation34 m (112 ft)
Area237 km²
Time zoneEurope/Kyiv (UTC+3 now)
CurrencyHryvnia (UAH)
Dialling code+380
Driving sideRight
Plug typesEuro, Schuko
UN/LOCODEUAODS
Coordinates46.486, 30.744
Odesa

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Daylight in Odesa runs from about 8 h 38 min a day in late December to 15 h 53 min in late June (computed for 46.49° 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 Odesa in the OurAirports register, so flying in means a longer transfer from the nearest served city.

By rail: stations on record include Odesa-Port railway station, Odesa-Mala, Odesa-Peresyp, Odesa-Zastava I, Odesa-Zakhidna, Odesa-Tovarna. Trains to Odesa

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Where to stay

Our booking partner lists 816 places to stay in Odesa. Of the 597 with a star rating, the largest group is 4-star (351), and 17 are five-star. Across 208 properties with at least 50 reviews, the average guest score is 8.9 out of 10. Guests have left 115,111 reviews in total.

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Nearby cities, and how to get between them

Twin towns and sister cities: Alexandria, Baltimore, Łódź, Split, Yerevan, Yokohama, Varna, Haifa, Klaipėda, Rosh HaAyin, Van, Heraklion, Regensburg, Genoa.

Common questions

How big is Odesa?

About 1 million people live in Odesa, across 237 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).

What time zone is Odesa in?

Europe/Kyiv, currently UTC+3.

What currency is used in Odesa?

The Hryvnia (UAH). Traffic drives on the right.

How many hotels are there in Odesa?

Our booking partner lists 816 places to stay in Odesa, bookable on this site.

Which cities are near Odesa?

Dnipro (391 km), Zaporizhzhya (364 km), Chisinau (155 km), Kryvyy Rih (255 km), Sevastopol (301 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.