Cities near Soweto, within 100 km and 300 km (straight line)
There are 40 cities and towns of 15,000 people or more within 100 km of Soweto, South Africa, in a straight line, and 150 cities and towns within 300 km, measured from the city centre. The largest within 100 km are Pretoria (67 km north-northeast), Soshanguve (92 km north-northeast) and Evaton (30 km south).
Within 100 km
40
cities and towns · straight line
Within 300 km
150
cities and towns · straight line
Nearest
Randfontein
18 km (11 miles) west-northwest · straight line
Straight-line distances from one city centre to another, as the crow flies. Roads between them are longer.
SowetoWithin 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 Soweto
All 40 within 100 km, nearest first. Distances are straight lines.
| Place | Direction | Straight line |
|---|---|---|
| RandfonteinGauteng | west-northwest | 18 km11 miles |
| WestonariaGauteng | west-southwest | 22 km13 miles |
| KrugersdorpGauteng | north-northwest | 22 km14 miles |
| AlbertonGauteng | east | 26 km16 miles |
| TokozaGauteng | east-southeast | 29 km18 miles |
| EvatonGauteng | south | 30 km18 miles |
| BagaleGauteng | northwest | 31 km19 miles |
| GermistonGauteng | east | 31 km19 miles |
| EdenvaleGauteng | east-northeast | 33 km20 miles |
| BoksburgGauteng | east | 41 km25 miles |
| FochvilleNorth West | southwest | 44 km27 miles |
| VereenigingGauteng | south | 46 km28 miles |
| BenoniGauteng | east | 47 km29 miles |
| CarletonvilleGauteng | west-southwest | 47 km29 miles |
| ThembisaGauteng | northeast | 48 km30 miles |
| VanderbijlparkGauteng | south | 49 km31 miles |
| BrakpanGauteng | east | 51 km32 miles |
| MidstreamGauteng | northeast | 52 km32 miles |
| CenturionGauteng | northeast | 56 km35 miles |
| HeidelbergGauteng | east-southeast | 56 km35 miles |
| HartbeespoortNorth West | north | 60 km37 miles |
| SasolburgFree State | south | 61 km38 miles |
| EtwatwaGauteng | east-northeast | 62 km38 miles |
| NigelGauteng | east-southeast | 64 km40 miles |
| PretoriaGauteng | north-northeast | 67 km42 miles |
| BritsNorth West | north | 71 km44 miles |
| DeneysvilleFree State | south-southeast | 73 km45 miles |
| Ga-RankuwaNorth West | north | 74 km46 miles |
| MarikanaNorth West | north-northwest | 74 km46 miles |
| ParysFree State | south-southwest | 81 km50 miles |
| DelmasMpumalanga | east | 83 km52 miles |
| BalfourMpumalanga | east-southeast | 85 km53 miles |
| MabopaneGauteng | north-northeast | 87 km54 miles |
| LetlhabileNorth West | north | 87 km54 miles |
| PotchefstroomNorth West | southwest | 91 km56 miles |
| RustenburgNorth West | northwest | 91 km56 miles |
| SoshanguveGauteng | north-northeast | 92 km57 miles |
| CullinanGauteng | northeast | 94 km58 miles |
| VredefortFree State | south-southwest | 96 km60 miles |
| Hartbeestfontein-ANorth West | north-northwest | 98 km61 miles |
From 100 km to 300 km of Soweto
The 30 largest of the 110 between 100 km and 300 km, nearest first. Distances are straight lines.
| Place | Direction | Straight line |
|---|---|---|
| HammanskraalNorth West | north-northeast | 105 km65 miles |
| EkangalaGauteng | northeast | 110 km68 miles |
| eMbalenhleMpumalanga | east-southeast | 124 km77 miles |
| StilfonteinNorth West | west-southwest | 126 km78 miles |
| KlerksdorpNorth West | west-southwest | 135 km84 miles |
| SomaroboroMpumalanga | northeast | 142 km88 miles |
| OrkneyNorth West | southwest | 142 km88 miles |
| EmalahleniMpumalanga | east-northeast | 144 km90 miles |
| StandertonMpumalanga | east-southeast | 156 km97 miles |
| Bela BelaLimpopo | north-northeast | 160 km99 miles |
| BethalMpumalanga | east | 162 km100 miles |
| KroonstadFree State | south-southwest | 166 km103 miles |
| MiddelburgMpumalanga | east-northeast | 170 km105 miles |
| LichtenburgNorth West | west | 170 km106 miles |
| BothavilleFree State | southwest | 175 km109 miles |
| KutloanongFree State | south-southwest | 206 km128 miles |
| OdendaalsrusFree State | south-southwest | 213 km132 miles |
| ErmeloMpumalanga | east | 214 km133 miles |
| WelkomFree State | south-southwest | 220 km137 miles |
| BethlehemFree State | south | 223 km138 miles |
| MafikengNorth West | west | 226 km140 miles |
| VirginiaFree State | south-southwest | 227 km141 miles |
| MokopaneLimpopo | north-northeast | 258 km160 miles |
| TlokwengSouth-East, Botswana | northwest | 260 km161 miles |
| NewcastleKwaZulu-Natal | southeast | 264 km164 miles |
| GaboroneGaborone, Botswana | northwest | 266 km165 miles |
| PhuthaditjhabaFree State | south-southeast | 268 km167 miles |
| MogoditshaneKweneng, Botswana | northwest | 271 km168 miles |
| Schweizer-RenekeNorth West | west-southwest | 271 km169 miles |
| MaputsoeLeribe, Lesotho | south | 291 km181 miles |
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What is the closest city to Soweto?
Randfontein is the nearest city or town of 15,000 people or more, 18 km (11 miles) west-northwest of Soweto's centre in a straight line. A smaller town or a suburb may be closer.
Are these driving distances from Soweto?
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 Soweto?
Every city and town of 15,000 people or more in the GeoNames gazetteer whose centre lies within 300 km of Soweto'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.