Meleuz (Russian: Мелеу́з; Bashkir: Мәләүез, Mäläwez) is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the bank of the Belaya River, 205 km south of Ufa.

The settlement started developing in the 1930s, when petroleum fields were discovered in the south of Bashkortostan and in the 1970s with the production of mineral fertilizers.

[1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Meleuz is incorporated within Meleuzovsky Municipal District as Meleuz Urban Settlement.

[6] The climate of Meleuz is continental with relatively cold winters and hot summers.

[citation needed] The average annual temperature is 4.6 °C (40.3 °F).