Map of Karlsruhe, Germany

Karlsruhe is a city in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, with a population of about 283,799. It lies at 49.0094°N, 8.4044°E. Karlsruhe is about 526 km (327 mi) southwest of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Ettlingen, 8 km to the south.

Karlsruhe at a glance

Where is Karlsruhe?

• The 24th largest city in Germany by recorded population.
• The 3rd largest city in Baden-Wurttemberg on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 13 min on the shortest day to 16 h 12 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Karlsruhe

• Ettlingen — 8 km south
• Bruchsal — 19 km northeast
• Rastatt — 22 km southwest
• Pforzheim — 26 km southeast
• Landau in der Pfalz — 30 km northwest
• Baden-Baden — 30 km southwest
• Speyer — 35 km north
• Neustadt an der Weinstraße — 43 km northwest
• Sinsheim — 44 km northeast
• Heidelberg — 49 km northeast

Largest cities in Baden-Wurttemberg

• Stuttgart — 612,663
• Mannheim — 307,960
• Freiburg — 237,460
• Heidelberg — 143,345
• Heilbronn — 120,733
• Ulm — 120,451
• Pforzheim — 119,313
• Reutlingen — 112,627
• Esslingen — 92,390
• Tübingen — 92,322

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.