Cities near Cologne, within 100 km and 300 km (straight line)
There are 156 cities and towns of 15,000 people or more within 100 km of Cologne, Germany, in a straight line, and 1,068 cities and towns within 300 km, measured from the city centre. The largest within 100 km are Düsseldorf (34 km north-northwest), Essen (58 km north) and Dortmund (74 km north-northeast).
Within 100 km
156
cities and towns · straight line
Within 300 km
1,068
cities and towns · straight line
Nearest
Solingen
28 km (18 miles) north-northeast · straight line
Straight-line distances from one city centre to another, as the crow flies. Roads between them are longer.
CologneWithin 100 km100 km to 300 kmDashed rings: 100 km and 300 km in a straight line from the centre.
Cities and towns within 100 km of Cologne
The 40 largest of the 156 within 100 km, nearest first. Distances are straight lines.
| Place | Direction | Straight line |
|---|---|---|
| SolingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north-northeast | 28 km18 miles |
| RemscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north-northeast | 32 km20 miles |
| DüsseldorfNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north-northwest | 34 km21 miles |
| NeussNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north-northwest | 35 km22 miles |
| WuppertalNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north-northeast | 39 km24 miles |
| RatingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north | 41 km26 miles |
| MönchengladbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia | northwest | 45 km28 miles |
| VelbertNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north | 45 km28 miles |
| KrefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north-northwest | 53 km33 miles |
| ViersenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | northwest | 53 km33 miles |
| MülheimNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north | 56 km35 miles |
| DuisburgNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north-northwest | 57 km35 miles |
| LüdenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | northeast | 57 km35 miles |
| EssenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north | 58 km36 miles |
| HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | northeast | 60 km37 miles |
| OberhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north | 61 km38 miles |
| MoersNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north-northwest | 62 km38 miles |
| WattenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north-northeast | 62 km39 miles |
| WittenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north-northeast | 63 km39 miles |
| BochumNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north-northeast | 64 km40 miles |
| GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north | 64 km40 miles |
| BottropNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north | 66 km41 miles |
| NeuwiedRheinland-Pfalz | southeast | 67 km41 miles |
| HeerlenLimburg, Netherlands | west | 68 km42 miles |
| HerneNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north-northeast | 70 km43 miles |
| GladbeckNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north | 71 km44 miles |
| DinslakenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north-northwest | 71 km44 miles |
| IserlohnNorth Rhine-Westphalia | northeast | 72 km45 miles |
| VenloLimburg, Netherlands | northwest | 73 km45 miles |
| Castrop-RauxelNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north-northeast | 74 km46 miles |
| DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north-northeast | 74 km46 miles |
| SiegenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | east | 76 km47 miles |
| RecklinghausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north-northeast | 78 km48 miles |
| KoblenzRheinland-Pfalz | southeast | 78 km49 miles |
| MarlNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north | 81 km50 miles |
| DorstenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north | 81 km50 miles |
| UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia | northeast | 85 km53 miles |
| LünenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north-northeast | 86 km53 miles |
| MaastrichtLimburg, Netherlands | west | 89 km55 miles |
| ArnsbergNorth Rhine-Westphalia | east-northeast | 94 km58 miles |
From 100 km to 300 km of Cologne
The 30 largest of the 912 between 100 km and 300 km, nearest first. Distances are straight lines.
| Place | Direction | Straight line |
|---|---|---|
| LiègeWallonia, Belgium | west-southwest | 103 km64 miles |
| EindhovenNorth Brabant, Netherlands | west-northwest | 117 km73 miles |
| MünsterNorth Rhine-Westphalia | north-northeast | 124 km77 miles |
| WiesbadenHesse | southeast | 131 km82 miles |
| MainzRheinland-Pfalz | southeast | 142 km88 miles |
| TilburgNorth Brabant, Netherlands | west-northwest | 147 km91 miles |
| FrankfurtHesse | southeast | 153 km95 miles |
| BielefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia | northeast | 164 km102 miles |
| BredaNorth Brabant, Netherlands | west-northwest | 168 km104 miles |
| UtrechtUtrecht, Netherlands | northwest | 180 km112 miles |
| AntwerpFlanders, Belgium | west | 181 km112 miles |
| BrusselsBrussels Capital, Belgium | west | 183 km114 miles |
| KasselHesse | east-northeast | 183 km114 miles |
| CharleroiWallonia, Belgium | west-southwest | 186 km115 miles |
| SaarbrückenSaarland | south | 189 km118 miles |
| MannheimBaden-Wurttemberg | southeast | 194 km120 miles |
| RotterdamSouth Holland, Netherlands | northwest | 204 km127 miles |
| AmsterdamNorth Holland, Netherlands | northwest | 214 km133 miles |
| The HagueSouth Holland, Netherlands | northwest | 223 km139 miles |
| GentFlanders, Belgium | west | 227 km141 miles |
| KarlsruheBaden-Wurttemberg | south-southeast | 238 km148 miles |
| HannoverLower Saxony | northeast | 250 km155 miles |
| GroningenGroningen, Netherlands | north | 256 km159 miles |
| StrasbourgGrand Est, France | south-southeast | 267 km166 miles |
| BremenBremen | north-northeast | 270 km168 miles |
| LilleHauts-de-France, France | west | 276 km171 miles |
| ReimsGrand Est, France | southwest | 279 km173 miles |
| ErfurtThuringia | east | 286 km178 miles |
| StuttgartBaden-Wurttemberg | southeast | 288 km179 miles |
| BraunschweigLower Saxony | east-northeast | 288 km179 miles |
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Questions
What is the closest city to Cologne?
Solingen is the nearest city or town of 15,000 people or more, 28 km (18 miles) north-northeast of Cologne's centre in a straight line. A smaller town or a suburb may be closer.
Are these driving distances from Cologne?
No. Every distance on this page is a straight line between two centre points, as the crow flies. A road route is always longer, because roads bend around terrain and water, and MapGO does not measure driving distance or travel time.
Which places count as near Cologne?
Every city and town of 15,000 people or more in the GeoNames gazetteer whose centre lies within 300 km of Cologne's centre. Villages and smaller towns are left out, so there are more places nearby than listed. A place right on a ring may fall either side of it, depending on where its centre point sits.
Places and their centre points from GeoNames (cities and towns of 15,000 people or more); distances computed by MapGO with the haversine formula. All distances on this page are straight lines over the Earth's surface, not road distances.