It is located at 47°43′15″N 16°39′0″E / 47.72083°N 16.65000°E / 47.72083; 16.65000, about 10 km (6 mi) from Sopron, near Lake Fertő (German: Neusiedler See) and the Austrian border.

In summer, a border checkpoint for pedestrians and cyclists connects it to the Austrian municipality of Mörbisch am See (Hungarian: Meggyes).

Fertőrákos also features a small port with a border checkpoint, and a sand beach swimming area, access to which prior to 1989 was restricted to the communist elite.

Today, it forms part of the Austrian-Hungarian national park and joint World Heritage Site of Lake Fertő.

Following World War I, the village took part in a plebiscite in 1921 along with eight surrounding settlements, asking whether they wished to remain in Hungary, or to join the new Austrian Republic.