Map of Szczecin, Poland

Szczecin is the administrative centre of West Pomerania, Poland, with a population of about 395,513. It lies at 53.4289°N, 14.5530°E, about 149 m above sea level. Szczecin is about 454 km (282 mi) west of Warsaw, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Police, 14 km to the north.

Szczecin at a glance

Where is Szczecin?

• The 7th largest city in Poland by recorded population.
• The largest city in West Pomerania on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 29 min on the shortest day to 17 h 01 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Szczecin

• Police — 14 km north
• Stargard — 35 km east
• Schwedt (Oder) — 45 km southwest, Germany
• Świnoujście — 57 km north
• Eberswalde — 82 km southwest, Germany
• Neubrandenburg — 86 km west, Germany
• Gorzów Wielkopolski — 89 km southeast
• Bernau bei Berlin — 105 km southwest, Germany
• Greifswald — 106 km northwest, Germany
• Kołobrzeg — 107 km northeast

Largest cities in West Pomerania

• Koszalin — 107,450
• Stargard — 71,224
• Kołobrzeg — 44,377
• Świnoujście — 40,919
• Szczecinek — 38,496
• Police — 34,350

Largest cities in Poland

• Warsaw — 1,702,139
• Kraków — 816,614
• Wrocław — 672,545
• Łódź — 639,890
• Poznań — 536,151
• Gdańsk — 487,371
• Lublin — 336,339
• Bydgoszcz — 330,038
• Białystok — 295,683
• Katowice — 286,960

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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.