Map of Soest, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Soest is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of about 48,037. It lies at 51.5756°N, 8.1062°E. Soest is about 378 km (235 mi) west of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Lippstadt, 20 km to the northeast.

Soest at a glance

Where is Soest?

• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 49 min on the shortest day to 16 h 39 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Soest

• Lippstadt — 20 km northeast
• Beckum — 21 km north
• Arnsberg — 21 km south
• Hamm — 23 km northwest
• Ahlen — 26 km northwest
• Menden — 27 km southwest
• Unna — 29 km west
• Kamen — 31 km west
• Hemer — 31 km southwest
• Bergkamen — 32 km west

Largest cities in North Rhine-Westphalia

• Cologne — 1,024,621
• Düsseldorf — 618,685
• Essen — 593,085
• Dortmund — 588,462
• Duisburg — 504,358
• Bochum — 385,729
• Wuppertal — 360,797
• Bielefeld — 331,906
• Bonn — 330,579
• Münster — 308,258

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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Other places named Soest

• Soest — Utrecht, Netherlands

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.