Map of Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Frankfurt am Main is a city in Hesse, Germany, with a population of about 650,000. It lies at 50.1155°N, 8.6842°E. Frankfurt am Main is about 424 km (263 mi) southwest of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Offenbach, 6 km to the east.

Frankfurt am Main at a glance

Where is Frankfurt am Main?

• The 5th largest city in Germany by recorded population.
• The largest city in Hesse on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 03 min on the shortest day to 16 h 23 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Frankfurt am Main

• Offenbach — 6 km east
• Neu-Isenburg — 8 km south
• Bad Vilbel — 8 km northeast
• Dreieich — 11 km south
• Maintal — 11 km east
• Bad Homburg vor der Höhe — 13 km north
• Dietzenbach — 14 km southeast
• Hanau am Main — 17 km east
• Hofheim am Taunus — 17 km west
• Rodgau — 17 km southeast

Largest cities in Hesse

• Wiesbaden — 288,850
• Kassel — 197,230
• Darmstadt — 167,029
• Offenbach — 119,192
• Gießen — 89,179
• Hanau am Main — 88,648
• Marburg an der Lahn — 78,895
• Fulda — 63,760
• Rüsselsheim — 59,730
• Wetzlar — 52,656

Largest cities in Germany

• Berlin — 3,426,354
• Hamburg — 1,973,896
• Munich — 1,505,005
• Cologne — 1,024,621
• Düsseldorf — 618,685
• Stuttgart — 612,663
• Essen — 593,085
• Dortmund — 588,462
• Dresden — 564,904
• 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.