Yoshkar-Ola
Capital of the Mari El republic in Russia's Volga region, Yoshkar-Ola sits along the river and has built a reputation for a dense café and restaurant scene in its centre. Founded in 1584 as a fortress during the Russian conquest of the Kazan Khanate, the city has carried three different names across its history and remains one of the cultural centres of the Mari people, a Finno-Ugric group of the Volga region.
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- Population268,272
- Nearest water from center 0.9 km0.5 mi
Nearest airports
Yoshkar-Ola: quick answers
Where is Yoshkar-Ola?
Yoshkar-Ola is in Russia.
How do you get to Yoshkar-Ola?
The nearest airport is Yoshkar-Ola (JOK), about 32 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Yoshkar-Ola?
The warmest month is July, averaging 20°C67°F across day and night; the coolest is January, at -10°C14°F. The wettest month is July, with about 78 mm3.1 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Yoshkar-Ola?
OpenStreetMap lists 11 museums, 9 restaurants, 105 cafés and 15 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.