Map of Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Heidelberg is a city in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, with a population of about 143,345. It lies at 49.4077°N, 8.6908°E. Heidelberg is about 479 km (297 mi) southwest of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Weinheim, 16 km to the north.

Heidelberg at a glance

Where is Heidelberg?

• The 5th largest city in Baden-Wurttemberg on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 10 min on the shortest day to 16 h 16 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Heidelberg

• Weinheim — 16 km north
• Mannheim — 19 km northwest
• Ludwigshafen am Rhein — 19 km northwest
• Speyer — 21 km southwest
• Sinsheim — 22 km southeast
• Frankenthal — 28 km northwest
• Bensheim — 31 km north
• Bruchsal — 32 km south
• Worms — 35 km northwest
• Neustadt an der Weinstraße — 40 km west

Largest cities in Baden-Wurttemberg

• Stuttgart — 612,663
• Mannheim — 307,960
• Karlsruhe — 283,799
• Freiburg — 237,460
• Heilbronn — 120,733
• Ulm — 120,451
• Pforzheim — 119,313
• Reutlingen — 112,627
• Esslingen — 92,390
• Tübingen — 92,322

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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Other places named Heidelberg

• Heidelberg — Gauteng, South Africa

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.