Map of Mountain View, United States

Mountain View is a city in California, United States, with a population of about 80,435. It lies at 37.3860°N, 122.0838°W, about 32 m above sea level. Mountain View is about 3,903 km (2,425 mi) west of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Sunnyvale, 5 km to the southeast.

Mountain View at a glance

Where is Mountain View?

• Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 35 min on the shortest day to 14 h 45 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Mountain View

• Sunnyvale — 5 km southeast
• Palo Alto — 8 km northwest
• Cupertino — 8 km southeast
• Menlo Park — 11 km northwest
• Santa Clara — 12 km east
• Campbell — 16 km southeast
• Milpitas — 16 km east
• Newark — 16 km north
• Redwood City — 17 km northwest
• San Jose — 17 km east

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.