Voronezh
City in Russia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Главное здание управления ЮВЖД: Bychkov Denis, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Voronezh is a city in Russia, in Voronezh Oblast. About 1.0 million people live in the city proper, making it the 13th largest city of Russia in our atlas.
It lies at 51.67° N, 39.19° E, about 148 m (486 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Moscow time zone.
Location
Red dot: Voronezh. Green dots: other major cities of Russia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Voronezh has a continental (hot summer) climate (Köppen Dfa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 28°C (83°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -13°C (9°F). Around 581 mm (23 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
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
- Moscow · 466 km
- Volgograd · 491 km
- Rostov-on-Don · 495 km
- Nizhniy Novgorod · 614 km
- Samara · 773 km
- Kazan · 823 km
- Saint Petersburg · 1,103 km
- Ufa · 1,204 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 472045 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q3426 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Главное здание управления ЮВЖД: Bychkov Denis, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Воронежский оперный театр: Timur Mamedrzaev, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
