Chelyabinsk Oblast · Russia
Zlatoust travel guide
Zlatoust is a city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, home to about 157,000 people.
- Best months
- May and June
- Nearest airport
- CEK118 km · Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport
- Currency
- RUBRussian ruble
- Time zone
- Asia/Yekaterinburg
- Language
- Abaza, Adyghe, Aghul
Things to do
What to see and do in Zlatoust
Do
- National park Taganay
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When to go
The best time to visit Zlatoust
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Zlatoust are May and June. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; July is the wettest, with about 103 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Zlatoust: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport (CEK), about 118 km from the city centre in a straight line.
Getting in
There are no airports in Zlatoust. The closest one is in Chelyabinsk (about 150 km to the East) from where you can get in by train, by bus or by car. Zlatoust stays at historical route of Trans-Siberian Railway which goes southward as compared with main route. Thus the city can easily be reached from both east (Chelyabinsk; 3 hours away) and west (Ufa; 6 hours away) sides.
Getting around
The train station is not directly in the city centre, but frequent buses and marshrutka minibuses connect the station to the city.
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CEK · Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport
Questions
Zlatoust: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Zlatoust?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Zlatoust are May and June. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; July is the wettest, with about 103 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Zlatoust?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport (CEK), about 118 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Zlatoust?
Russian ruble (RUB).
Nearby
Destinations near Zlatoust
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.