Map of Leer, Germany

Leer is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, with a population of about 33,886. It lies at 53.2316°N, 7.4610°E. Leer is about 407 km (253 mi) west of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Papenburg, 18 km to the south.

Leer at a glance

Where is Leer?

• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 31 min on the shortest day to 16 h 59 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Leer

• Papenburg — 18 km south
• Emden — 23 km northwest
• Aurich — 26 km north
• Oldenburg — 51 km east
• Wilhelmshaven — 54 km northeast
• Groningen — 60 km west, Netherlands
• Meppen — 61 km south
• Emmen — 62 km southwest, Netherlands
• Assen — 65 km southwest, Netherlands
• Lingen — 80 km south

Largest cities in Lower Saxony

• Hanover — 515,140
• 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

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.