Omsk
City in Russia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Omsk Collage 2016: Крылов Иван, Siberiano, PetarM, LittleDrakon, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Omsk is a city in Russia, in Omsk Oblast. About 1.2 million people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Russia in our atlas.
It lies at 54.99° N, 73.37° E, about 90 m (295 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Omsk time zone.
Location
Red dot: Omsk. Green dots: other major cities of Russia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Omsk has a continental (warm summer) climate (Köppen Dfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 25°C (77°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -24°C (-10°F). Around 426 mm (17 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jul.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in RussiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Novosibirsk · 609 km
- Chelyabinsk · 761 km
- Yekaterinburg · 838 km
- Ufa · 1,108 km
- Perm · 1,140 km
- Krasnoyarsk · 1,251 km
- Samara · 1,493 km
- Kazan · 1,547 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1496153 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q898 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Omsk Collage 2016: Крылов Иван, Siberiano, PetarM, LittleDrakon, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- SKK Blinova: Odessey, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
