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
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
Buses to Odesa · Driving and car hire · Ferries
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
- Dnipro, 391 km
- Zaporizhzhya, 364 km
- Chisinau, 155 km (Moldova) — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Kryvyy Rih, 255 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Sevastopol, 301 km — trains · buses · car rental
- Mykolayiv, 110 km — trains · buses · car rental · ferries · tours
- Vinnytsya, 349 km
- Iaşi, 251 km (Romania) — buses · car rental · tours
- Simferopol, 312 km — trains · buses · car rental
- Constanţa, 305 km (Romania)
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.