Map of Sighișoara, Romania
Sighișoara is a city in Mureș County, Romania, with a population of about 34,537. It lies at 46.2214°N, 24.7928°E, about 350 m above sea level. Sighișoara is about 224 km (139 mi) northwest of Bucharest, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Mediaş, 35 km to the west.
Sighișoara at a glance
Country
Region
Mureș County
Population
34,537GeoNames
Coordinates
46.2214, 24.792846°13′17″N 24°47′34″E
Time zone
Europe/BucharestUTC+02:00 / UTC+03:00 (daylight saving time)
Local time
–
Elevation
350 m (1,148 ft)
Distance to Bucharest
224 km (139 mi)
Where is Sighișoara?
- Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
- Daylight ranges from about 8 h 36 min on the shortest day to 15 h 47 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).
Cities near Sighișoara
- Mediaş — 35 km west
- Odorheiu Secuiesc — 40 km east
- Târgu-Mureş — 40 km northwest
- Sibiu — 68 km southwest
- Miercurea-Ciuc — 79 km east
- Sfântu Gheorghe — 86 km southeast
- Turda — 86 km northwest
- Braşov — 90 km southeast
- Alba Iulia — 95 km west
- Bistriţa — 104 km north
Largest cities in Mureș County
- Târgu-Mureş — 212,752
Largest cities in Romania
- Bucharest — 1,877,155
- Iaşi — 378,954
- Constanţa — 317,832
- Cluj-Napoca — 286,598
- Braşov — 253,200
- Timişoara — 250,849
- Craiova — 234,140
- Galaţi — 217,851
- Târgu-Mureş — 212,752
- Oradea — 183,105
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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.