Map of Gera, Germany

Gera is a city in Thuringia, Germany, with a population of about 104,659. It lies at 50.8803°N, 12.0819°E. Gera is about 204 km (127 mi) southwest of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Altenburg, 28 km to the northeast.

Gera at a glance

Where is Gera?

• The 3rd largest city in Thuringia on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 56 min on the shortest day to 16 h 31 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Gera

• Altenburg — 28 km northeast
• Zwickau — 33 km southeast
• Jena — 35 km west
• Weißenfels — 37 km north
• Plauen — 43 km south
• Merseburg — 53 km north
• Weimar — 54 km west
• Leipzig — 55 km north
• Chemnitz — 60 km east
• Hof — 64 km south

Largest cities in Thuringia

• Erfurt — 218,793
• Jena — 104,712
• Weimar — 64,727
• Gotha — 46,615
• Nordhausen — 43,912
• Suhl — 43,509
• Eisenach — 40,747
• Ilmenau — 38,834
• Altenburg — 38,568
• Mühlhausen — 38,108

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.