Map of Danville, Virginia, United States

Danville is a city in Virginia, United States, with a population of about 42,082. It lies at 36.5860°N, 79.3950°W, about 162 m above sea level. Danville is about 330 km (205 mi) southwest of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Burlington, 55 km to the south.

Danville at a glance

Where is Danville?

• Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 39 min on the shortest day to 14 h 40 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Danville

• Burlington — 55 km south
• Greensboro — 67 km southwest
• Durham — 79 km southeast
• Chapel Hill — 81 km south
• High Point — 89 km southwest
• Roanoke — 90 km northwest
• West Lynchburg — 93 km north
• Winston-Salem — 93 km southwest
• Lynchburg — 95 km north
• Cary — 104 km southeast

Largest cities in Virginia

• Virginia Beach — 454,808
• Norfolk — 238,005
• Richmond — 226,610
• Arlington — 207,627
• Newport News — 186,247
• Alexandria — 159,467
• East Hampton — 147,993
• Roanoke — 100,011
• Portsmouth Heights — 99,049
• Portsmouth — 96,201

Largest cities in United States

• New York City — 8,804,190
• Los Angeles — 3,820,914
• Brooklyn — 2,736,074
• Chicago — 2,664,452
• Queens — 2,316,841
• Houston — 2,314,157
• Phoenix — 1,650,070
• Philadelphia — 1,573,916
• San Antonio — 1,526,656
• Manhattan — 1,487,536

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Other places named Danville

• Danville — California, United States

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.