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Winterthur
City population
111,840
#6
in Switzerland
#2
in Zurich
#5,152
worldwide
47.506, 8.724 · 115 km from Bern
About Winterthur
Winterthur is a city in Zurich, Switzerland with a population of 111,840. It is the 6th largest of the 73 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Switzerland, and the 5,152nd largest worldwide. It lies 115 km from Bern.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 13
Elevation
441 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Zurich
Coordinates
47.506, 8.724
Record updated
2025-06-13
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 73 in SwitzerlandClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.