Zhanibek (Kazakh: Жәнібек, Jänıbek; Russian: Жанибек) is a town in far north-western Kazakhstan on the border with Volgograd Oblast, Russia.

It is the administrative center of Zhanybek District in West Kazakhstan Region.

[1] It is served by Dzhanybek railway station of the Volga Railway on the Krasny Kut — Astrakhan line between Kaisatskaya and Elton stations.

The settlement is located 440 km (270 miles) west of the city of Oral in a semi-desert belt with mixed deserts.

Zhanybek has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSk),[2] characterized by very cold winters and hot summers.