How to Install `folium` in Python

v0.20.0 Data & Science Python >=3.9 MIT

Make beautiful maps with Leaflet.js & Python

Install pip install folium

What is folium?

Make beautiful maps with Leaflet.js & Python

builds on the data wrangling strengths of the Python ecosystem and the mapping strengths of the Leaflet.js library. Manipulate your data in Python, then visualize it in a Leaflet map via .

We love contributions! folium is open source, built on open source, and we'd love to have you hang out in our community.

- a repository of raster basemap tilesets. - run folium in a Streamlit app. - interactive visualization of finite element simulations on geographic maps with folium.

Documentation → PyPI page → Author: Rob Story

Quick Start

Minimal example to get started with folium:

import folium

print(folium.__version__)

Installation

pip (standard)

pip install folium

Virtual environment (recommended)

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate   # Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install folium

pip3

pip3 install folium

conda

conda install -c conda-forge folium

Poetry

poetry add folium

Dependencies

Installing folium will also install these packages:

branca jinja2 numpy requests xyzservices

Verify the Installation

After installing, confirm the package is available:

python -c "import folium; print(folium.__version__)"

If this prints a version number, installation succeeded. If you see a ModuleNotFoundError, see the errors section below.

Installation Errors

Common errors when installing folium with pip.

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'folium'

Cause: The package is not installed in the current Python environment.

Fix: Run pip install folium. If using a virtual environment, ensure it is activated first.

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'folium' (installed but still failing)

Cause: pip installed the package into a different Python than the one running your script.

Fix: Use python -m pip install folium to install into the interpreter you are running.

ImportError: cannot import name 'X' from 'folium'

Cause: The function or class does not exist in the installed version.

Fix: Check the version with pip show folium and upgrade with pip install --upgrade folium.

pip: command not found

Cause: pip is not in PATH or Python was not added to PATH during installation.

Fix: Try python -m pip install folium. On macOS/Linux try pip3.

PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied

Cause: No write access to the system Python package directory.

Fix: Use a virtual environment, or add --user: pip install --user folium

SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED

Cause: pip cannot verify PyPI's SSL certificate — common behind corporate proxies.

Fix: Try: pip install --trusted-host pypi.org --trusted-host files.pythonhosted.org folium

MemoryError when loading data

Cause: Dataset is too large to fit in RAM.

Fix: Read in chunks, filter columns on load, or consider Polars/Dask for out-of-core processing.

Recent Releases

Version	Released
`0.20.0` latest	2025-06-16
`0.19.7`	2025-06-03
`0.19.6`	2025-05-15
`0.19.5`	2025-02-27
`0.19.4`	2025-01-06

Full release history on PyPI →

Manage folium

Upgrade to latest version

pip install --upgrade folium

Install a specific version

pip install folium==0.20.0

Uninstall

pip uninstall folium

Check what is installed

pip show folium

Last updated: 2026-04-11 • Data from PyPI

How to Install folium in Python