🇩🇪 Cities in Germany — API & JSON data

Germany has 27,528 cities in the Geomelon dataset, one of the more densely covered countries in the API. The most populous is Berlin, at 3,782,202 people. Query it by name, region, or coordinates, with translations in 47 languages.

Data updated: 2026-07-14

Live demo

Type to search Germany cities…

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Berlin	—	3,782,202
Hamburg	—	1,910,160
Munich	Bavaria	1,510,378
Berlin Inner City	Berlin	1,118,320
Frankfurt	Hesse	775,790
Bremen	—	693,204
Stuttgart	Baden-Württemberg	633,484
Düsseldorf	North Rhine-Westphalia	631,217
Leipzig	Saxony	619,879
Dortmund	North Rhine-Westphalia	595,471

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=de&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "9118a393-12a5-4b83-934e-5dab5b9c9b6b",
    "name": "Berlin",
    "population": 3782202,
    "countryName": "Germany",
    "countryCode": "DE",
    "countryEmoji": "🇩🇪",
    "regionName": null
  },
  {
    "id": "edeb7ac4-2cc7-489e-a97d-d053d102cc53",
    "name": "Hamburg",
    "population": 1910160,
    "countryName": "Germany",
    "countryCode": "DE",
    "countryEmoji": "🇩🇪",
    "regionName": null
  },
  {
    "id": "69486e7f-d29c-4e68-8d38-7268c176efc3",
    "name": "Munich",
    "population": 1510378,
    "countryName": "Germany",
    "countryCode": "DE",
    "countryEmoji": "🇩🇪",
    "regionName": "Bavaria"
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=de&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=de&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in Germany are available in 47 languages.

en: Berlin
zh: 柏林
ar: برلين

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 5,000 Germany cities as JSON (733 KB, no API key) from the Germany cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Germany does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 27,528 cities in Germany across 18 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get Germany city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Germany are available in 47 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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