Pekalongan city is one of cities, which becomes the center of economy growth in Central Java administratively having borders as follows :
| North | Java Sea |
| South | Pekalongan Regency and Batang Regency |
| West | Pekalongan Regency |
| East | Kabupaten Batang |
Pekalongan city has a strategic position, because it is located in the middle of north coast lane of Jakarta - Surabaya and relatively close to the southbound lanes. Pekalongan City has a fictive coordinate 510.00 – 518.00 Km Horizontally and 517.75 – 526.75 Km Vertically. The distance of Pekalongan city with several cities are:
- Semarang : 101 km
- Jakarta : 384 km
- Surabaya : 488 km
- Yogyakarta : 219 km
The total area of Pekalongan city is 45.25 km2 and the farthest distance from North to South is ± 9 km, while from West to East is ± 7 Km. All regions is a flat area, there are no areas with steep gradients, consisting of 74,32 % Ha dry land and 25,68 % rice fields.
Pekalongan is a tropical climate with average rainfall in 2016 recorded about 206,41 mm per month and the number of rainy days is 100 days. Average temperature in Pekalongan from year to year has not changed much, ranging from 23º-35ºC.
