Map of Salto, Salto Department, Uruguay

Salto is the administrative centre of Salto Department, Uruguay, with a population of about 114,084. It lies at 31.3833°S, 57.9667°W. Salto is about 425 km (264 mi) northwest of Montevideo, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Concordia, 5 km to the west.

Salto at a glance

Where is Salto?

• The 2nd largest city in Uruguay by recorded population.
• Located in the Southern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 06 min on the shortest day to 14 h 12 min on the longest day (around 21 June and 21 December).

Cities near Salto

• Concordia — 5 km west, Argentina
• Colón — 95 km south, Argentina
• Paysandú — 104 km south
• Concepción del Uruguay — 125 km south, Argentina
• Curuzú Cuatiá — 177 km north, Argentina
• Artigas — 180 km northeast
• Gualeguaychú — 188 km south, Argentina
• Tacuarembó — 192 km east
• Uruguaiana — 200 km northeast, Brazil
• Paso de los Libres — 204 km northeast, Argentina

Largest cities in Uruguay

• Montevideo — 1,270,737
• Maldonado — 102,000
• Rivera — 84,775
• Paysandú — 81,550
• Las Piedras — 69,682
• Tacuarembó — 60,586
• Melo — 56,013
• Artigas — 43,897
• Mercedes — 43,543
• Durazno — 40,279

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Other places named Salto

• Salto — São Paulo, Brazil
• Salto — Buenos Aires, Argentina

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.