It borders Khánh Hòa and Ninh Thuận to the east, Đồng Nai to the southwest, Bình Thuận to the southeast, Đắk Lắk to the north, and Đắk Nông to the northwest.

Lâm Đồng is the only Central Highlands province which does not share its western border with neither Laos nor Cambodia.

Its name Lâm Đồng from Daàm-ròng in K'ho language, what means "the big river", now Đồng Nai River.

Lâm Đồng province is also famous for its main city - Đà Lạt (Lâm Đồng attracted 8,65 million tourists in 2023).

In the Provincial Competitiveness Index 2020, Lâm Đồng is ranked 15 out of 63 provinces in Vietnam.