Map of El Centro, United States
El Centro is a city in California, United States, with a population of about 43,956. It lies at 32.7920°N, 115.5631°W, about -12 m above sea level. El Centro is about 3,512 km (2,182 mi) west of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Calexico, 14 km to the southeast.
El Centro at a glance
Country
Region
California
Population
43,956GeoNames
Coordinates
32.7920, -115.563132°47′31″N 115°33′47″W
Time zone
America/Los_AngelesUTC−08:00 / UTC−07:00 (daylight saving time)
Local time
–
Elevation
-12 m (-39 ft)
Distance to Washington, D.C.
3,512 km (2,182 mi)
Where is El Centro?
- Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
- Daylight ranges from about 9 h 59 min on the shortest day to 14 h 19 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).
Cities near El Centro
- Calexico — 14 km southeast
- Mexicali — 21 km southeast, Mexico
- San Luis Río Colorado — 83 km southeast, Mexico
- Yuma — 88 km east
- Tecate — 102 km west, Mexico
- Coachella — 114 km northwest
- La Quinta — 119 km northwest
- Indio — 120 km northwest
- Palm Desert — 128 km northwest
- El Cajon — 131 km west
Largest cities in California
- Los Angeles — 3,820,914
- San Diego — 1,404,452
- San Jose — 997,368
- San Francisco — 827,526
- Fresno — 542,107
- Sacramento — 524,943
- Long Beach — 474,140
- Oakland — 419,267
- Bakersfield — 373,640
- Anaheim — 350,742
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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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.