--- title: "Saransk to Nizhny Novgorod – 2 ways by car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Saransk to Nizhny Novgorod is 249 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/saransk-to-nizhny-novgorod" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/saransk-to-nizhny-novgorod.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Saransk to Nizhny Novgorod [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Saransk&to=Nizhny+Novgorod) [Nizhny Novgorod to Saransk](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nizhny-novgorod-to-saransk) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 249 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 0\ 2 ways, Thu 29 Oct\ ## 2 ways to travel 249 km apart. Times are the timetables for Thu 29 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best₽7,500 cheaper than a cab and about as quick. - [**Drive** best 4h 38m₽1,040–1,390 Estimated **Avoid** · Russia 286 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Saransk&to=Nizhny+Novgorod) - [**Taxi** 4h 38m₽6,950–10,400 Estimated **Avoid** · Russia one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Saransk&to=Nizhny+Novgorod) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, search by Photon](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from Russia; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Avoid travel to Russia** [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/russia) [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.rus.html) Travel advice: UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3.0), US State Department. ## Departures today Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Saransk to Nizhny Novgorod? The fastest way is by car: about 4h 38m door to door. The straight-line distance is 249 km. What is the cheapest way from Saransk to Nizhny Novgorod? Drive is the cheapest, from ₽1,040. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How far is Nizhny Novgorod from Saransk by road? About 286 km, roughly 4h 38m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around ₽1,040–1,390; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Nizhny Novgorod City in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia Nizhny Novgorod, colloquially shortened to Nizhny and from 1932 to 1990 known as Gorky, is the administrative centre and largest city of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, and the administrative centre of the Volga Federal District, in Russia. The city is located at the confluence of the Oka and the Volga rivers in Central Russia, with a population of over 1.2 million residents, and roughly 1.7 million residents in the wider urban area. Nizhny Novgorod is the sixth-largest city in Russia, and the second-most populous city on the Volga and in the Volga Federal District. The city is located 420 kilometers (260 mi) east of Moscow. It is an important economic, architectural, educational and cultural centre in Russia and the Volga-Vyatka Economic Region, and provides the majority of Russia's river tourism. [The Nizhny Novgorod guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/nizhny-novgorod) Worth your time - The Kremlin It's worth a wander around and contains a church, war monument with eternal flame, a reasonable art museum and impressive views along the Volga River. - Minin and Pozharsky Square The main square of city, at the south-east side of the Kremlin. - Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street A pedestrian street, the main street of the city. - Rozhdestvenskaya Parallel to Oka river under the hill, this street contains a lot of 19th century buildings in rather good condition. 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