The city is located 270 km north of Moscow and 80 km north-west of Yaroslavl. In addition to the three main rivers, a number of small rivers and streams flow in the city. The historic center of the city is bounded by the Volga rivers, its right tributary the Cheryomukha, the left tributary of the Chermukha Korovka and the left tributary of the Korovka Dresvyanka or the Pakhomovsky stream. The area on the right bank of the Cheryomukha in the city is called “Beyond the Cheryomukha”, and the outskirts on the right bank of the Pakhomovsky stream are called “Beyond the Pakhomovsky bridge”. A small river Utkash, the right tributary of the Volga, which flows below Chermukha, separates the eastern part of the city - Kopaevo.The city is located at the northernmost point of the Volga River, to Rybinsk it flows mainly to the northeast, and from Rybinsk it turns to the southeast. Rybinsk lies on both its banks, but the main part is on the right bank, oriented along it and has a length of twenty-one kilometers with a width of no more than six kilometers. The city is located in a flat, often wetland area. The conditional boundary of the zone of mixed forests and taiga passes through it.
The city is located in a flat, often wetland area. The conditional boundary of the zone of mixed forests and taiga passes through it.