About Cherkasy
Cherkasy is a city in Cherkasy, Ukraine with a population of 269,836. It is the 18th largest of the 272 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Ukraine, and the 2,113th largest worldwide. It lies 157 km from Kyiv.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 9
Elevation
110 m
Time zone
Europe/Kyiv
Coordinates
49.445, 32.057
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured.
Nearby Cities
All 272 in UkraineClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.