Map of Bamberg, Germany

Bamberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, with a population of about 70,047. It lies at 49.8987°N, 10.9007°E. Bamberg is about 340 km (211 mi) southwest of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Erlangen, 35 km to the south.

Bamberg at a glance

Where is Bamberg?

• The 11th largest city in Bavaria on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 05 min on the shortest day to 16 h 21 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Bamberg

• Erlangen — 35 km south
• Coburg — 40 km north
• Fürth — 47 km south
• Bayreuth — 49 km east
• Nuremberg — 51 km south
• Schweinfurt — 51 km west
• Schwabach — 64 km south
• Würzburg — 69 km west
• Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz — 80 km southeast
• Suhl — 80 km north

Largest cities in Bavaria

• Munich — 1,505,005
• Nuremberg — 515,543
• Augsburg — 301,105
• Regensburg — 151,389
• Würzburg — 133,731
• Fürth — 132,036
• Ingolstadt — 120,658
• Erlangen — 102,675
• Bayreuth — 72,940
• Landshut — 71,863

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.