Why go
- City in Sakha Republic, Russia.
- Served by Platon Oyunsky Yakutsk International Airport (YKS).
History
Yakutsk is the capital and largest city of Sakha, Russia, located about 450 km (280 mi) south of the Arctic Circle. Fueled by the mining industry, Yakutsk has become one of Russia's most rapidly growing regional cities, with a population of 355,443 at the 2021 census.
Where to stay
Ulitsa Lermontova, 45, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677027 · rentalapart24.ru
Prospekt Lenina, 7, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677000 · parus-ykt.ru
Prospekt Lenina, 24, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677000 · azimuthotels.com
Ulitsa Korolenko, д. 6, Korpus 1, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677000 · ortodoydu.com
Prospekt Lenina, 8а, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 678000 · sterkh.biz
Ulitsa Ammosova, 9, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677000 · tygyn.ru
Ulitsa Petrovskogo, 8, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677000 · vk.com
Prospekt Lenina, 8, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677000 · lena-hotel.ru
Ulitsa Kirova, 30, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677000 · almaz-hotel.ru
49, Ordzhonikidze Street, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677027 · bravo-hotel.ru
Ulitsa Dzerzhinskogo, 3, подъезд 2, этаж 2, квартира 11, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677000
202-Y Mikrorayon, 7 д, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677000
Ulitsa Kirova, 19/2, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677000
Ulitsa Kurashova, 28/1, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677000
1-Y Borisovka Kvartal, 41 к1А, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677008
Ulitsa Fedora Popova, 14/7, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677009
Indoor
Ulitsa Kalandarishvili, 7, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677000
Ulitsa Kal'vitsa, 14, 2 "B, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677009
Shosse Sergelyakhskoye 13 Kilometr, с7, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677008
Ulitsa Kurashova, 43, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677000
Ulitsa Nogina, 22, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677005
Ulitsa Chkalova, 17/2, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677007
Ulitsa Krupskoy, 19, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677000
Ulitsa Chkalova, 20, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677000
Ulitsa Gubina, 39, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677000
Ulitsa Chernyshevskogo, 54/1, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677007
Ulitsa Dezhneva, 77/4, Yakutsk, Якутск, Russia, 677000
Ulitsa Lermontova, 49, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677008
Ulitsa Kirova, 31/1, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677000
Prospekt Lenina, д. 4, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677000
Prospekt Lenina, 23, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677000
Ulitsa Lermontova, 58, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677005
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Ulitsa Baykalova, 3, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 677007
Restaurants & places to go
Dessert, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00 Features: takeaway · cinnabonrussia.com
Burger, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-20:30 Features: takeaway · hesburger.ru
Pizza, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 08:30-01:00 Features: takeaway, delivery, vegetarian options · dodopizza.ru
Coffee Shop, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00;Sa-Su 11:00-19:00 Features: takeaway · coffee-like.com
Local, Restaurant · Opening hours: Su-Th 12:00-00:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-01:00 Features: delivery · 6/2 улица Аммосова, Якутск, 677005 · rekaozeroles.clients.site
Sushi, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 11:00-23:00 · sushidoykt.ru
Russian, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-21:00 · lepimivarim.ru
Georgian, Oriental, Grill, Coffee Shop, Turkish, Tea, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Su 12:00-00:00 · 677000 · ponaehali-ykt.ru
Grill, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Th 12:00-26:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-27:00; Su 12:00-26:00 · 6A улица Аммосова, Якутск · shashlikoff.com
Regional, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Su 09:00-23:00 · 13 улица Петровского, Якутск, 677027
Chinese, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Su 12:00-23:00 · 36/1 улица Орджоникидзе, Якутск, 677000
Restaurant · Opening hours: Fr-Sa 12:00-02:00; Mo-Th,Su 12:00-00:00 · taplink.cc
Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-21:00 · ykt.vlavashe.ru
Japanese, Cafe · Japanese cafe
Uzbek, Restaurant · Uzbek restaurant
Burger, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-20:00 Features: takeaway · burgerkingrus.ru
Pizza, Fast Food · Features: takeaway
Coffee Shop, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Sa 07:30-00:00; Su 08:00-00:00 · 30/1 проспект Ленина, 677011 · travelers-coffee.com
Georgian, Cafe · Georgian cafe · 1А улица Губина, Якутск, 677000
Regional, Restaurant · Opening hours: 12:00-24:00 Features: outdoor seating · 6 Вилюйский тракт, Якутск
Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-20:00 · teafunny.ru
Restaurant · restaurant · 39 улица Губина · kitchen.obchepitmedia.ru
Fast Food · fast food
Burger, Pizza, Udon, Japanese, Restaurant · Opening hours: 11:00-01:00 Features: delivery · 57 улица Дежнёва, Якутск, 677018 · food-boom.ru
Regional, Fast Food · Features: takeaway · 19 улица Ойунского, Якутск, 677013
Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-23:59 · 22 проспект Ленина, Якутск · myasoroob.ru
Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Su 12:00-24:00 Features: delivery
Fast Food · fast food · 2/3 Авиационная улица, Якутск, 677009
Burger, Pizza, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 11:00-23:00 Features: delivery · 6А улица Аммосова, Якутск
Regional, Cafe · Regional cafe · 20Б улица Ярославского, Якутск, 677018
Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00;Sa-Su 10:00-18:00
Restaurant · Opening hours: Fr-Sa 17:00-06:00; Mo-Th,Su 17:00-05:00
Fast Food · fast food
Cafe · cafe
Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Su 12:00-02:00 · 6А улица Аммосова, Якутск
Cafe · cafe · 37 улица Рыдзинского, Якутск
Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Su 20:00-06:00
Cafe · cafe · 62В улица Петра Алексеева, Якутск
Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Su 12:00-01:00 · 13/2 улица Ярославского
Cafe · cafe · 5Б улица Орджоникидзе, Якутск, 677000
Restaurant · restaurant · 12 улица Аммосова, Якутск, 677018
Cafe · cafe · 9/1 улица Ярославского, Якутск, 677018
Restaurant · restaurant · 24 проспект Ленина
22 more places in the Ultimate edition. See the Ultimate edition →
Airports
Platon Oyunsky Yakutsk International Airport (YKS) 7.6 km to the centre
Yakutsk, SA, RU — You board from the indoor waiting area — no need to plan for the weather. ✈ 9 airlines (Aircompany Yakutia, Piedmont Airlines (1948-1989), S7 Airlines, Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise…) · direct flights to 23 destinations incl. Irkutsk, Lensk, Beijing, Cherskiy, Chokurdah… (OpenFlights route data).
✈ Airlines & flight paths — 9 airlines, 23 direct destinations
- Aircompany Yakutia R3 (A40, Dash 8-400, 737-700, SU9, 737-800) · 18 routes: Beijing, Blagoveschensk, Cherskiy, Chokurdah, Harbin, Honuu, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Lensk, Mirnyj, Moscow, Neryungri, St. Petersburg, Tiksi, Ulan-ude, Vladivostok, Yakutia
- Piedmont Airlines (1948-1989) PI (AN4) · 7 routes: Batagay-Alyta, Cherskiy, Chokurdah, Honuu, Lensk, Neryungri, Tiksi
- S7 Airlines S7 (737-800) · 4 routes: Beijing, Irkutsk, Moscow*, Novosibirsk*
- Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise 6R (AN4, TU3) · 3 routes: Lensk, Mirnyj, Yakutia
- Aeroflot Russian Airlines SU (A319, 737-800) · 2 routes: Moscow, Vladivostok
- Cargoitalia 2G (A81) · 1 route: Irkutsk
- Isles of Scilly Skybus Isles of Scilly Skybus (AN4) · 1 route: Magadan
- Transaero Airlines UN (767-300, T20) · 1 route: Moscow
- Ural Airlines U6 (A320) · 1 route: Novosibirsk
Routes and aircraft from OpenFlights (open data; a point-in-time snapshot). * = codeshare. Linked destinations open their own guidebook. Flight numbers are not in the open data — they come from the airline or a paid schedule feed.
Magan Airport (GYG) 13 km to the centre
Magan, SA, RU — Indoor waiting areas, but some gates board by bus or on foot across the apron — plan for the weather on the day.
Getting there by ferry
Причал "Намыв"
Ferry terminal · 1.6 km from the centre
Yakutsk River Port
Ferry terminal · 3 km from the centre
Пристань для паромов через реку Лену
Ferry terminal · 9.4 km from the centre
Причал
Ferry terminal · 10 km from the centre
Якутск-Нижний Бестях
Ferry route
Ferry Yakutsk - Nizhny Bestyakx
Ferry route
Where things are
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Photographs
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When to go
Tourist season
May – September
The warmer, longer-day half of the year is the safest bet for a first visit.
Shoulder season
April, October
Cooler and quieter, with fewer visitors and better value.
Worth avoiding
Deep winter
Short days and the coldest weather — check local conditions before travelling.
Getting there & around
Getting there. The nearest airport on record is Platon Oyunsky Yakutsk International Airport (YKS); 1 other airport serves the wider area. Check rail and road links from the tourism sources below. By air: YKS has direct flights to 23 destinations on 9 airlines (incl. Irkutsk, Lensk, Beijing, Cherskiy, Chokurdah…). By water: 4 ferry terminals within 20 km (nearest: Причал "Намыв", 1.6 km); routes include Якутск-Нижний Бестях, Ferry Yakutsk - Nizhny Bestyakx.
Getting around. Use the map above to orient yourself; nearby hotels, attractions and places to eat are listed from the live Ultimate data for Yakutsk, Russia. Local transit details will be added as the guide is expanded.
Private aviation
On-demand charter, jet cards and the semi-private scheduled carriers that serve this city.
Broker · Any aircraft via operators worldwide · Global charter broker with 30+ offices; private jets, group charters and cargo.
FBO, charter, management · Managed fleet · FBO network and management across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.
Fractional, jet card · Embraer Praetor, Bombardier Challenger & Global, Gulfstream · Fractional ownership and jet cards in North America and Europe.
Charter, management · Large-cabin & VIP airliners · Geneva-based operator known for large-cabin and VIP airliner charters.
Charter, management, FBO, MRO · Managed fleet worldwide · General Dynamics company: charter, completions and FBOs in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the US.