Map of Plauen, Germany

Plauen is a city in Saxony, Germany, with a population of about 66,412. It lies at 50.4973°N, 12.1378°E. Plauen is about 242 km (150 mi) south of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Hof, 26 km to the southwest.

Plauen at a glance

Where is Plauen?

• The 5th largest city in Saxony on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 59 min on the shortest day to 16 h 27 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Plauen

• Hof — 26 km southwest
• Zwickau — 36 km northeast
• Gera — 43 km north
• Altenburg — 58 km north
• Karlovy Vary — 60 km southeast, Czechia
• Jena — 62 km northwest
• Chemnitz — 67 km northeast
• Bayreuth — 73 km southwest
• Weimar — 78 km northwest
• Weißenfels — 79 km north

Largest cities in Saxony

• Dresden — 564,904
• Leipzig — 504,971
• Chemnitz — 247,220
• Zwickau — 98,796
• Görlitz — 57,751
• Freiberg — 43,670
• Bautzen — 41,972
• Pirna — 40,322
• Freital — 39,281

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.