A man has been charged after a cyclist was hit and killed in Melbourne's north-west in the early hours of Monday morning.

Jarryd Currie, 28, a concreter known as 'Cuzzie' from Deer Park, died at the scene in Burnside Heights.

The scene where the cyclist was killed in Burnside Heights. Credit:Catie McLeod

He was hit on Westwood Drive by a Holden Sedan about 12.20am, police said.

Police said the driver stopped at the scene and was helping investigators.