Mannheim: how to get there and around
Airports, stations, ports, where the hotels are and what the numbers say, from public data rather than a brochure.
Mannheim is a city of 307,960 people in Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg), 100 m (328 ft) above sea level. The nearest large airport is Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA), 60 km (37 mi) from the centre. It has 10 railway stations on record, including Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld station.
Key facts
Daylight in Mannheim runs from about 8 h 13 min a day in late December to 16 h 21 min in late June (computed for 49.49° latitude), which matters more than the forecast when a day is built around one flight or one crossing.
Getting there
Mannheim is served by 3 airports with scheduled flights within 100 km. The closest large one is Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA), 60 km (37 mi) from the centre, whose 13,123-ft runway is long enough for long-haul wide-body aircraft. The alternatives are Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (FKB, 84 km), Mannheim-City Airport (MHG, 4 km).
Flights to Mannheim: every airport, routes and times
By rail: stations on record include Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld station, Mannheim Central Station, Mannheim-Waldhof station, Mannheim-Handelshafen station, Mannheim-Rheinau station, Bahnhof Mannheim-Käfertal OEG. Trains to Mannheim
Buses to Mannheim · Driving and car hire
What people come for
| Sight | Visitors a year | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Mannheim University Library | 2,218,751 | 2016 |
The busiest is Mannheim University Library at 2,218,751 visitors in 2016. At that volume, anything with a gate is worth a timed ticket or an early start.
Tours, tickets and day trips from Mannheim
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Munich, 273 km — flights · trains · tours
- Köln, 193 km — tours
- Brussels, 330 km (Belgium)
- Rotterdam, 390 km (The Netherlands)
- Frankfurt am Main, 71 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Düsseldorf, 227 km — tours
- Stuttgart, 94 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Essen, 242 km — tours
- Dortmund, 236 km
- Bremen, 400 km
Twin towns and sister cities: Riesa, Swansea, Toulon, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Windsor, Chișinău, Bydgoszcz, Klaipėda, Zhenjiang, Haifa, Beyoğlu, Qingdao, Chernivtsi, El Viejo.
Common questions
Which airport serves Mannheim?
Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA), 60 km (37 mi) from the centre, plus 2 other airports with scheduled flights within 100 km.
How big is Mannheim?
About 307,960 people live in Mannheim, across 145 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Mannheim in?
Europe/Berlin, currently UTC+2.
What currency is used in Mannheim?
The Euro (EUR). Traffic drives on the right.
Which cities are near Mannheim?
Munich (273 km), Köln (193 km), Brussels (330 km), Rotterdam (390 km), Frankfurt am Main (71 km).
Where these facts come from
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
- Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
- OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
- Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines
Data compiled 13 September 2026. Hotel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.