Map of Oldenburg, Germany

Oldenburg is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, with a population of about 159,218. It lies at 53.1412°N, 8.2147°E. Oldenburg is about 356 km (221 mi) west of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Delmenhorst, 30 km to the east.

Oldenburg at a glance

Where is Oldenburg?

• The 4th largest city in Lower Saxony on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 32 min on the shortest day to 16 h 58 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Oldenburg

• Delmenhorst — 30 km east
• Bremen — 40 km east
• Wilhelmshaven — 44 km north
• Bremerhaven — 51 km northeast
• Leer — 51 km west
• Papenburg — 55 km west
• Aurich — 61 km northwest
• Emden — 72 km west
• Meppen — 80 km southwest
• Cuxhaven — 87 km north

Largest cities in Lower Saxony

• Hanover — 515,140
• Braunschweig — 244,715
• Osnabrück — 166,462
• 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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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.