Kaluga

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Kaluga

Total population

333,954

Coordinates54.51°, 36.26°

Demographic figures from Rosstat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Kaluga is a city and the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast, Russia. It stands on the Oka River 150 kilometers (93 mi) southwest of Moscow. Its population was 337,058 at the 2021 census.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Kaluga Oblast

• Vorotynsk
  8.9 mi away · pop. 10,620
• Tovarkovo
  17.3 mi away · pop. 14,207
• Peremyshl
  17.7 mi away · pop. 3,279
• Polotnyany Zavod
  19.2 mi away · pop. 4,803
• Ferzikovo
  20.2 mi away · pop. 4,837
• Detchino
  20.8 mi away · pop. 6,800
• Babynino
  22.4 mi away · pop. 3,293
• Kondrovo
  24.4 mi away · pop. 15,405
• Sosensky
  33.3 mi away · pop. 11,210
• Myatlevo
  35.2 mi away · pop. 1,627
• Medyn
  35.5 mi away · pop. 7,713
• Maloyaroslavets
  35.6 mi away · pop. 28,401

Browse all places in Kaluga Oblast →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Kaluga

Kaluga Oblast Regional Investment and Business Guide

USA International Business Publications · 2001

Kaluga Oblast Investment & Business Guide (Russian Regional Investment & Business Guides)

USA International Business Publications · 2000

Kaluzhskaia oblast' za piat'desiat let

Kaluga, Russia (Province), Statisticheskoe upravlenie · 1967

Kaluga v shesti vekakh

1999

Kaluga i kaluzhane

Evgeniĭ Fridgelʹm · 1998

Glini︠a︡nai︠a︡ igrushka iz derevni Khludnevo

Bykov, A. V. (Collector of ceramic toys) · 2013

Kaluzhskai︠a︡ oblastnai︠a︡ biblioteka imeni V. G. Belinskogo

Russia). Oblastnai͡a biblioteka Kaluga (Kaluzhskai͡a oblastʹ · 1961

Lavrentʹev monastyrʹ

Elena Metalʹnikova · 2015

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Tripe Fungus

Auricularia mesenterica

Seen 2026-09-24

Song Thrush

Turdus philomelos

Seen 2026-09-24

silver maple

Acer saccharinum

Seen 2026-09-20

Weaver beetle

Lamia textor

Seen 2026-09-20

Eurasian Blue Tit

Cyanistes caeruleus

Seen 2026-09-19

Common Redstart

Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Seen 2026-09-19

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus

Seen 2026-09-19

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Seen 2026-09-19

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Seen 2026-09-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).