Map of Castrop-Rauxel, Germany

Castrop-Rauxel is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of about 77,924. It lies at 51.5566°N, 7.3116°E. Castrop-Rauxel is about 431 km (268 mi) west of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Herne, 6 km to the west.

Castrop-Rauxel at a glance

Where is Castrop-Rauxel?

• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 49 min on the shortest day to 16 h 39 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Castrop-Rauxel

• Herne — 6 km west
• Recklinghausen — 10 km northwest
• Bochum — 11 km southwest
• Datteln — 11 km north
• Dortmund — 12 km southeast
• Herten — 12 km west
• Witten — 13 km south
• Gelsenkirchen — 16 km west
• Lünen — 16 km northeast
• Marl — 19 km northwest

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.