Map of Salinas, California, United States

Salinas is a city in California, United States, with a population of about 157,380. It lies at 36.6777°N, 121.6555°W, about 16 m above sea level. Salinas is about 3,890 km (2,417 mi) west of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Watsonville, 27 km to the north.

Salinas at a glance

Where is Salinas?

• Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 39 min on the shortest day to 14 h 40 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Salinas

• Watsonville — 27 km north
• Hollister — 30 km northeast
• Gilroy — 37 km north
• Santa Cruz — 47 km northwest
• Morgan Hill — 50 km north
• Campbell — 73 km north
• San Jose — 77 km north
• Cupertino — 79 km northwest
• Santa Clara — 80 km north
• Los Banos — 83 km northeast

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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Other places named Salinas

• Salinas — Santa Elena, Ecuador
• Salinas — Minas Gerais, Brazil

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.