Map of Rybnik, Poland

Rybnik is a city in Silesia, Poland, with a population of about 142,510. It lies at 50.0971°N, 18.5418°E. Rybnik is about 293 km (182 mi) southwest of Warsaw, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Wodzisław Śląski, 12 km to the southwest.

Rybnik at a glance

Where is Rybnik?

• The 28th largest city in Poland by recorded population.
• The 9th largest city in Silesia on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 03 min on the shortest day to 16 h 23 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Rybnik

• Wodzisław Śląski — 12 km southwest
• Żory — 13 km southeast
• Knurów — 16 km northeast
• Jastrzębie Zdrój — 16 km south
• Racibórz — 23 km west
• Gliwice — 24 km northeast
• Karviná — 27 km south, Czechia
• Mikołów — 27 km east
• Ruda Śląska — 29 km northeast
• Tychy — 31 km east

Largest cities in Silesia

• Katowice — 286,960
• Częstochowa — 248,125
• Sosnowiec — 227,295
• Gliwice — 198,835
• Zabrze — 192,177
• Bytom — 189,186
• Bielsko-Biala — 176,515
• Ruda Śląska — 146,189
• Tychy — 130,000
• Dąbrowa Górnicza — 116,971

Largest cities in Poland

• Warsaw — 1,702,139
• Kraków — 816,614
• Wrocław — 672,545
• Łódź — 639,890
• Poznań — 536,151
• Gdańsk — 487,371
• Szczecin — 395,513
• Lublin — 336,339
• Bydgoszcz — 330,038
• Białystok — 295,683

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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.