Map of Hanover (Hannover), Lower Saxony, Germany

Hanover (Hannover) is the administrative centre of Lower Saxony, Germany, with a population of about 515,140. It lies at 52.3705°N, 9.7332°E. Hanover is about 250 km (155 mi) west of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Laatzen, 8 km to the southeast.

Hanover at a glance

Where is Hanover?

• The 13th largest city in Germany by recorded population.
• The largest city in Lower Saxony on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 40 min on the shortest day to 16 h 48 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Hanover

• Laatzen — 8 km southeast
• Langenhagen — 9 km north
• Seelze — 10 km west
• Garbsen — 11 km northwest
• Lehrte — 17 km east
• Wunstorf — 21 km west
• Neustadt am Rübenberge — 24 km northwest
• Hildesheim — 29 km southeast
• Peine — 35 km east
• Celle — 37 km northeast

Largest cities in Lower Saxony

• Braunschweig — 244,715
• Osnabrück — 166,462
• Oldenburg — 159,218
• Wolfsburg — 123,064
• Göttingen — 122,149
• Salzgitter — 104,970
• Hildesheim — 103,052
• Wilhelmshaven — 84,393
• Delmenhorst — 75,893
• Lüneburg — 71,260

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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Other places named Hannover

• Hanover — Maryland, 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.