Map of Dresden, Germany

Dresden is the administrative centre of Saxony, Germany, with a population of about 564,904. It lies at 51.0509°N, 13.7383°E. Dresden is about 165 km (103 mi) south of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Freital, 8 km to the southwest.

Dresden at a glance

Where is Dresden?

• The 10th largest city in Germany by recorded population.
• The largest city in Saxony on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 54 min on the shortest day to 16 h 33 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Dresden

• Freital — 8 km southwest
• Pirna — 17 km southeast
• Freiberg — 32 km southwest
• Děčín — 45 km southeast, Czechia
• Teplice — 46 km south, Czechia
• Ústí nad Labem — 48 km southeast, Czechia
• Bautzen — 51 km east
• Most — 61 km south, Czechia
• Chemnitz — 62 km southwest
• Česká Lípa — 69 km southeast, Czechia

Largest cities in Saxony

• Leipzig — 504,971
• Chemnitz — 247,220
• Zwickau — 98,796
• Plauen — 66,412
• Görlitz — 57,751
• Freiberg — 43,670
• Bautzen — 41,972
• Pirna — 40,322
• Freital — 39,281

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
• Bremen — 546,501

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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.