Map of Brits, South Africa

Brits is a city in North West, South Africa, with a population of about 122,497. It lies at 25.6347°S, 27.7802°E. Brits is about 43 km (26 mi) west of Pretoria, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Letlhabile, 18 km to the north.

Brits at a glance

Where is Brits?

• The 4th largest city in North West on this site.
• Located in the Southern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 32 min on the shortest day to 13 h 44 min on the longest day (around 21 June and 21 December).

Cities near Brits

• Letlhabile — 18 km north
• Ga-Rankuwa — 22 km east
• Mabopane — 36 km northeast
• Pretoria — 43 km east
• Centurion — 48 km southeast
• Krugersdorp — 50 km south
• Midrand — 53 km southeast
• Rustenburg — 54 km west
• Randburg — 56 km southeast
• Roodepoort — 59 km south

Largest cities in North West

• Rustenburg — 373,695
• Klerksdorp — 227,039
• Potchefstroom — 178,285
• Orkney — 110,052
• Stilfontein — 93,110
• Ga-Rankuwa — 90,945
• Mahikeng — 77,110
• Schweizer-Reneke — 70,214
• Lichtenburg — 65,863
• Fochville — 62,416

Largest cities in South Africa

• Johannesburg — 9,418,183
• Cape Town — 4,772,846
• Durban — 3,338,026
• Pretoria — 2,112,693
• Soweto — 1,695,047
• Port Elizabeth — 1,050,078
• Pietermaritzburg — 839,327
• Benoni — 605,344
• Bloemfontein — 556,637
• Tembisa — 511,655

Map of South Africa and all its cities →

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.