Map of Darmstadt, Germany

Darmstadt is a city in Hesse, Germany, with a population of about 167,029. It lies at 49.8717°N, 8.6503°E. Darmstadt is about 444 km (276 mi) southwest of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Dreieich, 17 km to the north.

Darmstadt at a glance

Where is Darmstadt?

• The 47th largest city in Germany by recorded population.
• The 4th largest city in Hesse on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 05 min on the shortest day to 16 h 21 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Darmstadt

• Dreieich — 17 km north
• Dietzenbach — 18 km northeast
• Neu-Isenburg — 20 km north
• Rüsselsheim — 21 km northwest
• Bensheim — 21 km south
• Rodgau — 24 km northeast
• Offenbach — 27 km north
• Frankfurt am Main — 27 km north
• Hofheim am Taunus — 28 km northwest
• Mainz — 29 km northwest

Largest cities in Hesse

• Frankfurt am Main — 650,000
• Wiesbaden — 288,850
• Kassel — 197,230
• Offenbach — 119,192
• Gießen — 89,179
• Hanau am Main — 88,648
• Marburg an der Lahn — 78,895
• Fulda — 63,760
• Rüsselsheim — 59,730
• Wetzlar — 52,656

Largest cities in Germany

• Berlin — 3,426,354
• Hamburg — 1,973,896
• Munich — 1,505,005
• Cologne — 1,024,621
• Frankfurt am Main — 650,000
• Düsseldorf — 618,685
• Stuttgart — 612,663
• Essen — 593,085
• Dortmund — 588,462
• Dresden — 564,904

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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.