Kostanay
Kazakhstan
- Population
- 210,000
- Currency
- KZT₸447.7/$
Kostanay is a city of 247,000 people (2019) on the Tobol River in Northern Kazakhstan.
Guide content adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Kostanay". Source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Weather
Live11°C
Mainly clear · feels like 10°C
- 84%
- 4 km/h
- AQI 34
- ThuLight drizzle11° / 21°
- FriOvercast9° / 15°
- SatOvercast7° / 14°
- SunOvercast5° / 15°
- MonOvercast9° / 17°
Measured at 53.214, 63.625 · Asia/Qostanay
Understand
The city is located in the steppe zone in the north of the Turgay plateau, in the south-eastern part of the West Siberian Plain, on the Tobol River, 571 km north-west of Nur-Sultan city (704 km along the highway). The nearest million-plus city is Russian Chelyabinsk, located 260 km (along the highway over 300 km) to the north-west of Kostanay.
Getting there
Kostanay Airport (KSN) is 2 km (1.2 mi) south-west of Kostanay. Regular flights from Almaty, Nur-Sultan, Shymkent, Turkestan.
connected to Almaty, Arkalyk, Atyrau, Karagandy, Nur-Sultan.
Getting around
What to see
What to do
- Central Park, Pobedy Park, Tobol Embankment
- Football: FC Tobol[dead link] play soccer in Premier League, the top tier. Their home ground is Central Stadium (capacity 9500) east side of Victory Park. The playing season is March-Nov.
Shopping
Kostanay Plaza, Mart
Where to stay
Celinnaya Hotel prices start from 6000 tenge.
Staying connected
As of September 2024, Kostanay has 4G from Beeline and Kcell, and 5G from Tele2. The signal is patchy on the approach highways.
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