About Erfurt
Erfurt is a city in Thuringia, Germany with a population of 218,793. It is the 37th largest of the 960 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Germany, and the 2,636th largest worldwide. It lies 237 km from Berlin.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 25
Elevation
194 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
50.977, 11.035
Record updated
2026-05-06
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 960 in GermanyClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.