Map of Brighton, Colorado, United States

Brighton is a city in Colorado, United States, with a population of about 37,585. It lies at 39.9853°N, 104.8205°W, about 1519 m above sea level. Brighton is about 2,379 km (1,478 mi) west of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Northglenn, 18 km to the southwest.

Brighton at a glance

Where is Brighton?

• Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 20 min on the shortest day to 15 h 01 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Brighton

• Northglenn — 18 km southwest
• Thornton — 18 km southwest
• Commerce City — 22 km southwest
• Broomfield — 24 km west
• Westminster — 25 km southwest
• Aurora — 28 km south
• Arvada — 31 km southwest
• Denver — 31 km southwest
• Longmont — 31 km northwest
• Lakewood — 38 km southwest

Largest cities in Colorado

• Denver — 729,019
• Colorado Springs — 456,568
• Aurora — 359,407
• Fort Collins — 170,924
• Lakewood — 152,597
• Thornton — 133,451
• Westminster — 116,317
• Arvada — 115,368
• Centennial — 109,741
• Pueblo — 109,412

Largest cities in United States

• New York City — 8,804,190
• Los Angeles — 3,820,914
• Brooklyn — 2,736,074
• Chicago — 2,664,452
• Queens — 2,316,841
• Houston — 2,314,157
• Phoenix — 1,650,070
• Philadelphia — 1,573,916
• San Antonio — 1,526,656
• Manhattan — 1,487,536

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Other places named Brighton

• Brighton — England, United Kingdom
• Brighton — New York, United States

Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.