Map of Duisburg, Germany

Duisburg is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of about 504,358. It lies at 51.4325°N, 6.7652°E. Duisburg is about 471 km (293 mi) west of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Mülheim, 8 km to the east.

Duisburg at a glance

Where is Duisburg?

• The 15th largest city in Germany by recorded population.
• The 5th largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 50 min on the shortest day to 16 h 38 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Duisburg

• Mülheim — 8 km east
• Oberhausen — 8 km northeast
• Moers — 9 km west
• Dinslaken — 15 km north
• Bottrop — 15 km northeast
• Ratingen — 16 km south
• Kamp-Lintfort — 17 km northwest
• Essen — 17 km east
• Krefeld — 18 km southwest
• Voerde — 19 km north

Largest cities in North Rhine-Westphalia

• Cologne — 1,024,621
• Düsseldorf — 618,685
• Essen — 593,085
• Dortmund — 588,462
• Bochum — 385,729
• Wuppertal — 360,797
• Bielefeld — 331,906
• Bonn — 330,579
• Münster — 308,258
• Gelsenkirchen — 270,028

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.