Car hire and driving in Yoshkar-Ola
Driving distances to the cities around, the rules that change at the border, and where to compare rental prices.
In Russia traffic drives on the right. Picking up at CSY means 70 km (43 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1061257 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24233148 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648794.
Drives from Yoshkar-Ola
| Route | Country | Distance | Estimated time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yoshkar-Ola to Novocheboksarsk | Russia | 64 km (40 mi) | about 59 min |
| Yoshkar-Ola to Cheboksary | Russia | 69 km (43 mi) | about 1 h 3 min |
| Yoshkar-Ola to Kazan | Russia | 121 km (75 mi) | about 1 h 51 min |
| Yoshkar-Ola to Nizhniy Novgorod | Russia | 241 km (150 mi) | about 3 h 41 min |
| Yoshkar-Ola to Kirov | Russia | 242 km (150 mi) | about 3 h 41 min |
| Yoshkar-Ola to Ulyanovsk | Russia | 259 km (161 mi) | about 3 h 57 min |
| Yoshkar-Ola to Nizhnekamsk | Russia | 267 km (166 mi) | about 4 h 5 min |
| Yoshkar-Ola to Dzerzhinsk | Russia | 276 km (172 mi) | about 4 h 13 min |
| Yoshkar-Ola to Arzamas | Russia | 287 km (178 mi) | about 4 h 23 min |
| Yoshkar-Ola to Dimitrovgrad | Russia | 291 km (181 mi) | about 4 h 26 min |
| Yoshkar-Ola to Naberezhnyye Chelny | Russia | 298 km (185 mi) | about 4 h 32 min |
| Yoshkar-Ola to Saransk | Russia | 322 km (200 mi) | about 4 h 55 min |
| Yoshkar-Ola to Moscow | Russia | 643 km (399 mi) | about 9 h 48 min |
| Yoshkar-Ola to Saint Petersburg | Russia | 1,087 km (675 mi) | about 16 h 35 min |
| Yoshkar-Ola to Kyiv | Ukraine | 1,332 km (828 mi) | about 20 h 19 min |
| Yoshkar-Ola to Minsk | Belarus | 1,318 km (819 mi) | about 20 h 6 min |
| Yoshkar-Ola to Warsaw | Poland | 1,793 km (1,114 mi) | about 27 h 21 min |
| Yoshkar-Ola to Stockholm | Sweden | 1,768 km (1,098 mi) | about 26 h 58 min |
| Yoshkar-Ola to Yekaterinburg | Russia | 775 km (482 mi) | about 11 h 49 min |
| Yoshkar-Ola to Kharkiv | Ukraine | 1,068 km (663 mi) | about 16 h 17 min |
Distances are straight-line; road and rail routes run about 15–25% longer. Times are estimates from distance and typical speeds, not timetables.
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Common questions
Which side of the road do they drive on in Yoshkar-Ola?
The right, as everywhere in Russia.
How are the journey times on this page worked out?
From straight-line distance and typical speeds for each mode, so they are estimates for planning, not timetables. Road and rail routes run 15–25% longer than the straight line.
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.