Location

City of Niš is situated in the Nišava valley where it joins the Južna Morava River. It is located at the 43°19' latitude north and 21°54' longitude east. The central city area is at 194m altitude above sea level. The highest point in the city area is Sokolov kamen (Falcon's rock) on Suva Planina Mountain (1523m) while the lowest point is at Trupale, near the mouth of the Nišava River (173m). The city area covers 596.71 square km of  five municipalities.

City of Niš is the crossroads of the most important Balkan and European traffic routes. The territory of the City is intersected by three important directions of international road and railway traffic – several roads that connect the Balkans with Central and Western Europe, including Corridor X, and the axis which connects the Adriatic, Aegean and Black Sea intersect the territory of City of Niš.

These roads have been widely known from the ancient times, because they represented the beaten tracks along which peoples, goods and armies moved. Known as Via Militaris in Roman and Byzantine periods, or Constantinople road in the Middle Ages and the period of the Turkish rule, these roads still represent major European traffic arteries. Thus, the City stands at the point of intersection of the roads connecting Asia Minor and Europe, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, for its location is a favorable one.

Distance from Niš to other cities:
Beograd	235km		Paraćin	80km		Athens	977km		Moscow	2210km
Budva	460km		Peć	194km		Vienna	830km		Oslo	2797km
Valjevo	294km		Pirot	68km		Berlin	1722km		Paris	2027km
Vršac	315km		Priština	128km		Budapest	617km		Prague	1115km
Zaječar	100km		Podgorica	397km		Bucharest	475km		Rome	1508km
Zrenjanin	309km		Sombor	419km		Warsaw	1470km		Thessaloniki	396km
Jagodina	104km		Subotica	423km		Istanbul	986km		Sofia	155km
Kragujevac	146km		Užice	232km		Kiev	1322km		Stocholm	2836km
Kraljevo	156km		Ulcinj	505km		Milan	1258km		Hamburg	1908km
Novi Sad	309km		Herceg Novi	521km		Munich	1530km		Zurich	1408km