Map of Herāt, Afghanistan

Herāt is the administrative centre of Herat, Afghanistan, with a population of about 574,300. It lies at 34.3482°N, 62.1997°E. Herāt is about 640 km (397 mi) west of Kabul, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Tāybād, 138 km to the west.

Herāt at a glance

Where is Herāt?

• The 2nd largest city in Afghanistan by recorded population.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 51 min on the shortest day to 14 h 27 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Herāt

• Tāybād — 138 km west, Iran
• Torbat-e Jām — 175 km northwest, Iran
• Khvāf — 190 km west, Iran
• Farah — 220 km south
• Sarakhs — 262 km north, Iran
• Qā’en — 286 km west, Iran
• Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh — 291 km west, Iran
• Maymana — 293 km northeast
• Mashhad — 320 km northwest, Iran
• Bīrjand — 321 km southwest, Iran

Largest cities in Afghanistan

• Kabul — 4,434,550
• Kandahār — 523,300
• Mazār-e Sharīf — 523,300
• Jalālābād — 271,900
• Kunduz — 161,902
• Ghazni — 141,000
• Balkh — 114,883
• Baghlān — 108,449
• Gardez — 103,601
• Khōst — 96,123

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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.