List of cities and towns on the river Danube

This is a list of the cities and towns on river Danube. This list does not include parts of cities, suburbs, neighbourhoods, etc. Any city or town which is located on the bank of the Danube can be included in this list. The cities and towns on Danube 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

List

‡ First Roman town on the site

Bold: capital of the country

Italic: capital of the administrative region

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		1,298,661 (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		325,551 (2022)[5]	1748	Serbia	Second largest city in Serbia; administrative center of the province of Vojvodina.
6	Galați		217,851 (2021)	1445	Romania	The largest 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 and seat of Brăila county.
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 and seat of Mehedinți county.
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 and seat of Izmail raion.
16	Tulcea		65,624 (01.12.2021)	1506 (1860 – city status)	Romania	The 4th largest Danubian city in Romania and seat of Tulcea county.
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 and seat of Călărași county.
20	Giurgiu		54,551 (01.12.2021)	1395 (~550 AD‡)	Romania	The 6th largest Danubian city in Romania and seat of Giurgiu county.
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 fourth 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 fifth largest Danubian city in Hungary.
30	Silistra		29,498 (2021)	29 AD	Bulgaria	Capital of Silistra Province and third largest Danubian city in Bulgaria.
31	Fetești		27,465 (01.12.2021)	~1500	Romania	The 7th largest Danubian city in Romania.
32	Svishtov		26,093 (2020)	69 AD	Bulgaria	The 4th largest Danubian city in Bulgaria.
33	Bačka Palanka		25,476 (2022)		Serbia	The third largest Danubian city in Vojvodina and fifth in Serbia.
34	Krems an der Donau		25,271 (01.01.2023)	1305	Austria	The third largest Danubian city in Austria.
35	Vukovar		22,255 (2021)	1231	Croatia	The largest Danubian city in Croatia.
36	Esztergom		19,818 (01.01.2023)[15]	972	Hungary	The sixth largest Danubian city in Hungary.
37	Kiliia		18,745 (2022)	1479	Ukraine	The 2nd largest Danubian city in Ukraine.
38	Lom		18,593 (2021)	1695	Bulgaria	The 5th largest Danubian city in Bulgaria.
39	Vilshofen an der Donau		17,960 (31.12.2022)[7]	776 (1212 – town status)	Germany	The largest town in the Passau district.
40	Reni		17,736 (2022)	1548	Ukraine	The 3rd largest Danubian city in Ukraine.
41	Cernavodă		15,088 (01.12.2021)	~300 BC	Romania	The 8th largest Danubian city in Romania.
42	Apatin		14,613 (2022)[9]	1011	Serbia	The fourth largest Danubian city in Vojvodina and sixth in Serbia.
43	Calafat		13,807 (01.12.2021)	~1400	Romania	The 9th largest Danubian city in Romania.
44	Corabia		13,527 (01.12.2021)	1871	Romania	The 10th largest Danubian city in Romania.
45	Orșova		8,506 (01.12.2021)	~100 AD	Romania	The 11th largest Danubian town in Romania.
46	Ilok		3,842 (2021)	1231	Croatia	The second largest Danubian town in Croatia.
47	Giurgiulești (village)		2,866 (2014)	1527	Moldova	The only Danubian inhabited place in Moldova.