Map of Solingen, Germany

Solingen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of about 164,359. It lies at 51.1734°N, 7.0845°E. Solingen is about 460 km (286 mi) west of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Remscheid, 8 km to the east.

Solingen at a glance

Where is Solingen?

• The 49th largest city in Germany by recorded population.
• The 20th largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 53 min on the shortest day to 16 h 35 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Solingen

• Remscheid — 8 km east
• Wermelskirchen — 10 km east
• Wuppertal — 10 km northeast
• Hilden — 11 km west
• Mettmann — 11 km northwest
• Langenfeld — 12 km southwest
• Erkrath — 13 km northwest
• Monheim am Rhein — 16 km southwest
• Leverkusen — 17 km southwest
• Velbert — 18 km north

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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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.