Cities in Poland — API & JSON data

Geomelon tracks 60,229 cities in Poland, spread across 21 regions. Katowice urban area is the largest, with a population of 1,903,000. City names are available in 45 languages through the API below.

Live demo

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Katowice urban area	Silesian Voivodeship	1,903,000
Warsaw	Masovian Voivodeship	1,862,402
Kraków	Lesser Poland Voivodeship	804,237
Wrocław	Lower Silesian Voivodeship	673,531
Łódź	Łódź Voivodeship	648,711
Poznań	Greater Poland Voivodeship	546,859
Gdańsk	Pomeranian Voivodeship	487,834
Szczecin	West Pomeranian Voivodeship	387,700
Lublin	Lublin Voivodeship	334,681
Bydgoszcz	Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship	324,984

City

Region

Population

Katowice urban area

Silesian Voivodeship

1,903,000

Warsaw

Masovian Voivodeship

1,862,402

Kraków

Lesser Poland Voivodeship

804,237

Wrocław

Lower Silesian Voivodeship

673,531

Łódź

Łódź Voivodeship

648,711

Poznań

Greater Poland Voivodeship

546,859

Gdańsk

Pomeranian Voivodeship

487,834

Szczecin

West Pomeranian Voivodeship

387,700

Lublin

Lublin Voivodeship

334,681

Bydgoszcz

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

324,984

Sample API response

[ { "id": "4fe9f1b3-5ce5-4482-b9c5-bec42ee81b1b", "name": "Katowice urban area", "population": 1903000, "countryName": "Poland", "countryCode": "PL", "countryEmoji": "🇵🇱", "regionName": "Silesian Voivodeship" }, { "id": "646ba6cf-e757-4e79-b188-4f2052aa4224", "name": "Warsaw", "population": 1862402, "countryName": "Poland", "countryCode": "PL", "countryEmoji": "🇵🇱", "regionName": "Masovian Voivodeship" }, { "id": "580374ae-4cbe-4acf-a00b-1bab01d86399", "name": "Kraków", "population": 804237, "countryName": "Poland", "countryCode": "PL", "countryEmoji": "🇵🇱", "regionName": "Lesser Poland Voivodeship" } ]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=pl&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=pl&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

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 5,000 Poland cities as JSON (806 KB, no API key) from the Poland cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Poland does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 60,229 cities in Poland across 21 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 Poland city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Poland are available in 45 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.

🇵🇱 Cities in Poland — API & JSON data