Map of Ratingen, Germany

Ratingen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of about 91,606. It lies at 51.2972°N, 6.8493°E. Ratingen is about 470 km (292 mi) west of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Erkrath, 9 km to the southeast.

Ratingen at a glance

Where is Ratingen?

• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 52 min on the shortest day to 16 h 36 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Ratingen

• Erkrath — 9 km southeast
• Düsseldorf — 10 km southwest
• Mettmann — 10 km southeast
• Meerbusch — 12 km southwest
• Velbert — 14 km east
• Mülheim — 15 km north
• Hilden — 15 km south
• Neuss — 16 km southwest
• Duisburg — 16 km north
• Kaarst — 18 km southwest

Largest cities in North Rhine-Westphalia

• Cologne — 1,024,621
• Düsseldorf — 618,685
• Essen — 593,085
• Dortmund — 588,462
• Duisburg — 504,358
• Bochum — 385,729
• Wuppertal — 360,797
• Bielefeld — 331,906
• Bonn — 330,579
• Münster — 308,258

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.