Map of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Barcelona is the administrative centre of Catalonia, Spain, with a population of about 1,686,208. It lies at 41.3888°N, 2.1590°E, about 15 m above sea level. Barcelona is about 504 km (313 mi) east of Madrid, the capital. The nearest city on our map is L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, 6 km to the southwest.

Barcelona at a glance

Where is Barcelona?

• The 2nd largest city in Spain by recorded population.
• The largest city in Catalonia on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 11 min on the shortest day to 15 h 10 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Barcelona

• L'Hospitalet de Llobregat — 6 km southwest
• Esplugues de Llobregat — 6 km west
• Sant Adrià de Besòs — 7 km northeast
• Llefià — 7 km northeast
• Cornellà de Llobregat — 8 km southwest
• Santa Coloma de Gramenet — 8 km northeast
• El Prat de Llobregat — 9 km southwest
• Badalona — 10 km northeast
• Montcada i Reixac — 11 km north
• Sant Cugat del Vallès — 11 km northwest

Largest cities in Catalonia

• L'Hospitalet de Llobregat — 257,038
• Terrassa — 218,535
• Badalona — 217,741
• Sabadell — 211,734
• Tarragona — 141,542
• Lleida — 140,797
• Mataró — 126,988
• Santa Coloma de Gramenet — 118,821
• Reus — 103,477
• Girona — 100,266

Largest cities in Spain

• Madrid — 3,255,944
• Valencia — 824,340
• Zaragoza — 686,986
• Seville — 686,741
• Málaga — 592,346
• Murcia — 471,982
• Palma — 438,234
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria — 383,516
• Alicante — 348,901
• Bilbao — 347,342

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Other places named Barcelona

• Barcelona — Anzoátegui, Venezuela

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.