Sumy: 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.
Sumy is a city of 256,474 people in Ukraine, 171 m (561 ft) above sea level. It has 1 railway station on record, including Basy.
Key facts
Daylight in Sumy runs from about 8 h a day in late December to 16 h 36 min in late June (computed for 50.92° 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 Sumy in the OurAirports register, so flying in means a longer transfer from the nearest served city.
By rail: stations on record include Basy. Trains to Sumy
Buses to Sumy · Driving and car hire
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Kyiv, 306 km — trains · buses · car rental
- Kharkiv, 146 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Voronezh, 317 km (Russia) — trains · buses · car rental
- Dnipro, 273 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Donetsk, 388 km
- Zaporizhzhya, 342 km
- Kryvyy Rih, 350 km
- Lipetsk, 376 km (Russia)
- Homyel', 313 km (Belarus)
- Kursk, 132 km (Russia) — trains · buses · car rental · tours
Twin towns and sister cities: Lublin, Celle, Vratsa, Nitra, Ostrava, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Zamość, Banská Bystrica, Hämeenlinna, Sacramento, Kutaisi, Zhuji, Xinxiang, Mažeikiai.
Common questions
How big is Sumy?
About 256,474 people live in Sumy, across 145 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Sumy in?
Europe/Kyiv, currently UTC+3.
What currency is used in Sumy?
The Hryvnia (UAH). Traffic drives on the right.
Which cities are near Sumy?
Kyiv (306 km), Kharkiv (146 km), Voronezh (317 km), Dnipro (273 km), Donetsk (388 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.