List of cities and towns on Danube river

This is a list of the largest cities and towns located on Danube river.

Map of the Danube and the major cities it passes through.

List

Rank	Name of the city/town	Image	Number of inhabitants	Time of establishment	Present country	Notes
1	Vienna	Many international organizations and offices are located in Donaustadt.	2,890,577 (2020)	~100 AD	Austria	Capital and largest city in Austria.
2	Budapest	Aerial panorama with Margaret Island	3,011,598 (2017)	1873	Hungary	Capital and largest city in Hungary.
3	Belgrade	Panoramic view of Belgrade city center seen from the Sava river	1,681,405 (2022)	279 BC	Serbia	Capital and largest city in Serbia.
4	Bratislava	Panorama of Bratislava	719,537 (2021)	907 AD	Slovakia	Capital and largest city in Slovakia.
5	Novi Sad	Panoramic view from the Petrovaradin Fortress.	368,967 (2022)	1748	Serbia	Capital and largest city of the autonomous province of Vojvodina and second largest city in Serbia.
6	Galați	Galați - zona portului vechi	249,432 (2011)	1445	Romania	The largerst Danubian city in Romania and seat of Galați county.
7	Linz	Linz - Pöstlingberg - Aussicht - 2016 03 18 (2)	204,846 (01.01.2018)	~150 AD	Austria	Capital city of Upper Austria and second largest Danubian city in Austria.
8	Brăila	Braila.large	180,302 (2011)	~1370	Romania	The second largest Danubian city in Romania.
9	Regensburg	Regensburg Königswiesen - panoramio	152,270 (31.12.2020)	179 AD	Germany	The largest Danubian city in Germany.
10	Ruse	The Rousse TV Tower as seen from the city	145,918 (2020)	~1650 (~150 AD - first Roman town on the place)	Bulgaria	Capital of Ruse Province and largest Danubian city in Bulgaria.
11	Ingolstadt	Hollerstaudeningolstadt	136,952 (31.12.2020)	806 AD (~1250 - city status)	Germany	The second largest Danubian city in Germany.
12	Ulm	Ulm - Sicht aus dem Flieger auf Donau, Münster mit Zentrum	126,405 (31.12.2020)	854 AD	Germany	The third largest Danubian city in Germany and home of the tallest church building in the world.
13	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	Wiki.Đerdap II Kostol 775	92,617 (2011)	121 AD	Romania	The third largest Danubian city in Romania.
14	Pančevo	Pancevo Tamis003	115,454 (2022)	1153 (1873 - city status)	Serbia	The second largest Danubian city in Vojvodina and third in Serbia.
15	Izmail	Park-Museum-aerial-5	75,600 (2011)	1589 (1830 - city status)	Ukraine	The largest Danubian city in Ukraine.
16	Tulcea	Port of Tulcea (2016)	73,707 (2011)	1506 (1860 - city status)	Romania	The 4th largest Danubian city in Romania.
17	Călăraşi	Prefectura Calarasi	65,181 (2011)	1700 (1833 - city status)	Romania	The 5th largest Danubian city in Romania.
18	Neu-Ulm	GER — BY — Neu-Ulm (Ansicht aus BaWü im Morgenlicht) — Mattes 2022-03-13	58,841 (31.12.2020)	1814	Germany	The 4th largest Danubian city in Germany.
19	Giurgiu	Giurgiu2016	54,655 (2011)	1395 (~550 AD - first Roman town on the place)	Romania	The 6th largest Danubian city in Romania.
20	Passau	The Old town and the Danube	52,415 (31.12.2020)	~100 BC	Germany	The 5th largest Danubian city in Germany.
21	Straubing	Donau-Straubing-Reinhard-Neidl	47,612 (31.12.2020)	~100 AD	Germany	The 6th largest Danubian city in Germany.
22	Vidin	The central streets of Vidin	47,032 (2020)	~250 BC	Bulgaria	Capital of Vidin Province and second largest Danubian city in Bulgaria.
23	Dunakeszi	Dunakeszi town hall.	43,990 (2021)	~1000	Hungary	The second largest Danubian city in Hungary.
24	Dunaújváros	Panorama of Dunaújváros	42,136 (2021)	~1955	Hungary	The third largest Danubian city in Hungary.
25	Baja	A Petőfi-sziget légi fotón	34,495 (2019)	1308	Hungary	The fourth largest Danubian city in Hungary.
26	Deggendorf	Aerials Deggendorf 16.06.2006	33,750 (31.12.2020)	868 (1212 - town status)	Germany	The 7th largest Danubian city in Germany.
27	Vác	The city centre seen from the Danube.	32,927 (2021)	1074	Hungary	The fifth largest Danubian city in Hungary.