Berdyansk is the regional transport junction.

There are auto-roads and railways, seaport, the airport. Near to city passes a highway of state importance Reni - Odessa – Rostov-on-Don. Also through city passes a highway of regional importance Berdyansk - Tokmak – Basil’evka - Energodar – Kamenka-Dneprovskaya. The nearest cities (distances on highways): Primorsk - 32 km (on the West), Tokmak - 101 km (to the North-West), Donetsk of 198 km (to the North-East), Mariupol - 86 km (to the East); up to the regional center (Zaporozhye) - 200 km.

Today Berdyansk has two main entrances: bus station and railway station. From bus station you can get by bus to Melitopol, Mariupol, Primorsk, etc. There are also transit long-distance buses to Crimea and Moscow. From railway station it is possible to get almost all Ukrainian regional centers, Moscow. Berdyansk is also known as the important large seaport of Northern Priazovye where come ships under flags not only Ukraine, but also many states of the world. But it is the trading port mainly. There is also an airport in Berdyansk, but it accepts only several charter flights.