About Yakutsk
Yakutsk is a city in Sakha, Russia with a population of 235,600. It is the 81st largest of the 980 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Russia, and the 2,447th largest worldwide. It lies 4,883 km from Moscow.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 7
Coordinates
62.031, 129.723
Record updated
14 April 2026
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. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 980 in RussiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.