Map of Saarbrücken, Germany

Saarbrücken is the administrative centre of Saarland, Germany, with a population of about 182,971. It lies at 49.2326°N, 7.0098°E. Saarbrücken is about 579 km (360 mi) southwest of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Sankt Ingbert, 9 km to the northeast.

Saarbrücken at a glance

Where is Saarbrücken?

• The 43rd largest city in Germany by recorded population.
• The largest city in Saarland on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 11 min on the shortest day to 16 h 14 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Saarbrücken

• Sankt Ingbert — 9 km northeast
• Völklingen — 11 km west
• Neunkirchen — 18 km northeast
• Saarlouis — 21 km northwest
• Homburg — 26 km northeast
• Zweibrücken — 26 km east
• Pirmasens — 43 km east
• Kaiserslautern — 60 km northeast
• Metz — 62 km west, France
• Thionville — 63 km west, France

Largest cities in Saarland

• Neunkirchen — 49,843
• Homburg — 44,607
• Völklingen — 40,952
• Sankt Ingbert — 38,697
• Saarlouis — 38,333

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.