Map of Ålesund, Norway

Ålesund is a city in Møre og Romsdal, Norway, with a population of about 52,626. It lies at 62.4723°N, 6.1549°E. Ålesund is about 376 km (234 mi) northwest of Oslo, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Bergen, 235 km to the south.

Ålesund at a glance

Where is Ålesund?

• The 14th largest city in Norway by recorded population.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 4 h 57 min on the shortest day to 20 h 00 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Ålesund

• Bergen — 235 km south
• Trondheim — 239 km northeast
• Nesttun — 243 km south
• Haugesund — 343 km south
• Asker — 373 km southeast
• Drammen — 373 km southeast
• Oslo — 376 km southeast
• Stavanger — 390 km south
• Sandnes — 403 km south
• Skien — 408 km southeast

Largest cities in Norway

• Oslo — 1,082,575
• Bergen — 294,029
• Trondheim — 216,518
• Stavanger — 151,669
• Kristiansand — 117,237
• Drammen — 106,013
• Lillestrøm — 89,684
• Sandnes — 85,386
• Fredrikstad — 83,761
• Sandefjord — 64,345

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.