Zaporizhzhya: 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.
Zaporizhzhya is a city of 710,052 people in Ukraine (Zaporizhzhia), 63 m (207 ft) above sea level. It has 6 railway stations on record, including Zaporizhzhia I.
Key facts
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Daylight in Zaporizhzhya runs from about 8 h 27 min a day in late December to 16 h 5 min in late June (computed for 47.85° 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 Zaporizhzhya in the OurAirports register, so flying in means a longer transfer from the nearest served city.
By rail: stations on record include Zaporizhzhia I, Zaporizhzhia 2, Imeni Anatoliya Alimova, Port-Velyke Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizka Sich, Peredatna. Trains to Zaporizhzhya
Buses to Zaporizhzhya · Driving and car hire
What people come for
| Sight | Visitors a year | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Faeton museum | 25,000 | 2015 |
The busiest is Faeton museum at 25,000 visitors in 2015. Figures are the latest each site has published, so they are not all for the same year.
Tours, tickets and day trips from Zaporizhzhya
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Kharkiv, 251 km — tours
- Rostov-on-Don, 352 km (Russia)
- Odesa, 364 km
- Dnipro, 69 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Donetsk, 201 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Kryvyy Rih, 129 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Sevastopol, 381 km — trains
- Mykolayiv, 254 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Luhansk, 320 km
- Belgorod, 324 km (Russia)
Twin towns and sister cities: Lahti, Birmingham, Linz, Ashdod, Magdeburg, Yichang, Belfort, Oberhausen.
Common questions
How big is Zaporizhzhya?
About 710,052 people live in Zaporizhzhya, across 330,990,000 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Zaporizhzhya in?
Europe/Kyiv, currently UTC+3.
What currency is used in Zaporizhzhya?
The Hryvnia (UAH). Traffic drives on the right.
Which cities are near Zaporizhzhya?
Kharkiv (251 km), Rostov-on-Don (352 km), Odesa (364 km), Dnipro (69 km), Donetsk (201 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 14 September 2026. Hotel and hostel 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.