Map of Munich, Germany

Munich is the administrative centre of Bavaria, Germany, with a population of about 1,505,005. It lies at 48.1374°N, 11.5755°E. Munich is about 505 km (314 mi) south of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Germering, 15 km to the west.

Munich at a glance

Where is Munich?

• The 3rd largest city in Germany by recorded population.
• The largest city in Bavaria on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 21 min on the shortest day to 16 h 04 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Munich

• Germering — 15 km west
• Dachau — 17 km northwest
• Fürstenfeldbruck — 24 km west
• Erding — 31 km northeast
• Freising — 32 km northeast
• Rosenheim — 51 km southeast
• Augsburg — 56 km northwest
• Landshut — 61 km northeast
• Ingolstadt — 71 km north
• Kaufbeuren — 76 km west

Largest cities in Bavaria

• Nuremberg — 515,543
• Augsburg — 301,105
• Regensburg — 151,389
• Würzburg — 133,731
• Fürth — 132,036
• Ingolstadt — 120,658
• Erlangen — 102,675
• Bayreuth — 72,940
• Landshut — 71,863
• Bamberg — 70,047

Largest cities in Germany

• Berlin — 3,426,354
• Hamburg — 1,973,896
• Cologne — 1,024,621
• Frankfurt am Main — 650,000
• Düsseldorf — 618,685
• Stuttgart — 612,663
• Essen — 593,085
• Dortmund — 588,462
• Dresden — 564,904
• Bremen — 546,501

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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.