List of cities and towns on the Danube river

This is a list of the cities and towns located on Danube river. This list does not include parts of cities, suburbs, neighbourhoods, etc. Any city or town which is located on the bank of Danube river can be included in this list. The cities and towns on Danube river could be sorted by various criteria. The main list of this article sorts the cities and towns on Danube by the current number of inhabitants within the city/town limits. More lists may be added to this article with sorting the cities and towns on Danube by different other criteria. A separate list of villages and other smaller inhabited places on Danube could be added in this article as well.

Map of the Danube and the major cities it passes through

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‡ First Roman town on the site

Rank Name of city / town Image Inhabitants Estab­lished Present country Notes
1 Vienna   2,006,134
(01.01.2024)[1]
~100 AD   Austria Capital and largest city in Austria.
2 Budapest   1,671,004 (01.01.2023)[2] 1873   Hungary Capital and largest city in Hungary.
3 Belgrade   1,197,714 (2022)[3] 279 BC   Serbia Capital and largest city in Serbia.
4 Bratislava   475,503
(2021)[4]
907 AD   Slovakia Capital and largest city in Slovakia.
5 Novi Sad   306,702

(2022)[5]

1748   Serbia Capital and largest city of the autonomous province of Vojvodina and second largest city in Serbia.
6 Galați   217,851

(2021)

1445   Romania The largerst Danubian city in Romania and seat of Galați county.
7 Linz   212,538
(01.01.2024)[6]
~150 AD   Austria Capital city of Upper Austria and second largest Danubian city in Austria.
8 Regensburg   157,443
(31.12.2022)[7]
179 AD   Germany The largest Danubian city in Germany.
9 Brăila   154,686

(01.12.2021)

~1370   Romania The second largest Danubian city in Romania.
10 Ingolstadt   141,029 (31.12.2022)[7] 806 AD (~1250 – city status)   Germany The second largest Danubian city in Germany.
11 Ulm   128,928 (31.12.2022) 854 AD   Germany The third largest Danubian city in Germany and home of the tallest church building in the world.
12 Ruse   123,134

(31.12.2022)[8]

~1650 (~150 AD‡)   Bulgaria Capital of Ruse Province and largest Danubian city in Bulgaria.
13 Drobeta-Turnu Severin   79,865

(01.12.2021)

121 AD   Romania The third largest Danubian city in Romania.
14 Pančevo   73,401

(2022)

1153 (1873 – city status)   Serbia The second largest Danubian city in Vojvodina and third in Serbia.
15 Izmail   69,932

(01.01.2022)[9]

1589 (1830 – city status)   Ukraine The largest Danubian city in Ukraine.
16 Tulcea   65,624

(01.12.2021)

1506 (1860 – city status)   Romania The 4th largest Danubian city in Romania.
17 Neu-Ulm   61,043
(31.12.2022)[7]
1814   Germany The 4th largest Danubian city in Germany.
18 Smederevo   59,261

(2022)

1430   Serbia The fourth largest Danubian city in Serbia.
19 Călăraşi   58,211

(01.12.2021)

1700 (1833 – city status)   Romania The 5th largest Danubian city in Romania.
20 Giurgiu   54,551

(01.12.2021)

1395 (~550 AD‡)   Romania The 6th largest Danubian city in Romania.
21 Passau   53,907
(31.12.2022)[7]
~100 BC   Germany The 5th largest Danubian city in Germany.
22 Straubing   49,164 (31.12.2022)[7] ~100 AD   Germany The 6th largest Danubian city in Germany.
23 Dunakeszi   43,061

(01.01.2023)[10]

~1000   Hungary The second largest Danubian city in Hungary.
24 Dunaújváros   40,969

(01.01.2023)[11]

1951[11]   Hungary The third largest Danubian city in Hungary.
25 Vidin   36,490

(31.12.2022)[8]

~250 BC   Bulgaria Capital of Vidin Province and second largest Danubian city in Bulgaria.
26 Deggendorf   35,172
(31.12.2022)[7]
868 (1212 – town status)   Germany The 7th largest Danubian city in Germany.
27 Vác   33,285

(01.01.2023)[12]

1074   Hungary The fifth largest Danubian city in Hungary.
28 Komárno   32,287

(31.12.2022)[13]

1075   Slovakia The second largest Danubian city in Slovakia.
29 Baja   31,571

(01.01.2023)[14]

1308   Hungary The fourth largest Danubian city in Hungary.
30 Bačka Palanka   25,476

(2022)

  Serbia The third largest Danubian city in Vojvodina and fifth in Serbia.
31 Krems an der Donau   25,271

(01.01.2023)

1305   Austria The third largest Danubian city in Austria.
32 Vukovar   22,255

(2021)

1231   Croatia The largest Danubian city in Croatia.
33 Esztergom   19,818

(01.01.2023)[15]

972   Hungary The sixth largest Danubian city in Hungary.
34 Vilshofen an der Donau   17,960

(31.12.2022)[7]

776 (1212 – town status)   Germany The largest town in the Passau district.
35 Apatin   14,613

(2022)[9]

1011   Serbia The fourth largest Danubian city in Vojvodina and sixth in Serbia.

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