Map of Rüsselsheim, Germany

Rüsselsheim is a city in Hesse, Germany, with a population of about 59,730. It lies at 49.9896°N, 8.4225°E. Rüsselsheim is about 447 km (278 mi) southwest of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Mainz, 10 km to the west.

Rüsselsheim at a glance

Where is Rüsselsheim?

• The 10th largest city in Hesse on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 04 min on the shortest day to 16 h 22 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Rüsselsheim

• Mainz — 10 km west
• Hofheim am Taunus — 11 km north
• Wiesbaden — 16 km northwest
• Dreieich — 20 km east
• Neu-Isenburg — 20 km east
• Darmstadt — 21 km southeast
• Frankfurt am Main — 23 km northeast
• Dietzenbach — 25 km east
• Offenbach — 27 km northeast
• Bad Homburg vor der Höhe — 30 km northeast

Largest cities in Hesse

• Frankfurt am Main — 650,000
• Wiesbaden — 288,850
• Kassel — 197,230
• Darmstadt — 167,029
• Offenbach — 119,192
• Gießen — 89,179
• Hanau am Main — 88,648
• Marburg an der Lahn — 78,895
• Fulda — 63,760
• Wetzlar — 52,656

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.