Map of San Clemente, California, United States

San Clemente is a city in California, United States, with a population of about 65,526. It lies at 33.4270°N, 117.6120°W, about 71 m above sea level. San Clemente is about 3,663 km (2,276 mi) west of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Dana Point, 9 km to the northwest.

San Clemente at a glance

Where is San Clemente?

• Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 56 min on the shortest day to 14 h 22 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near San Clemente

• Dana Point — 9 km northwest
• San Juan Capistrano — 10 km northwest
• Laguna Niguel — 14 km northwest
• Aliso Viejo — 19 km northwest
• Mission Viejo — 20 km north
• Rancho Santa Margarita — 24 km north
• Lake Forest — 25 km north
• Irvine — 33 km northwest
• Oceanside — 34 km southeast
• Wildomar — 36 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 San Clemente

• San Clemente — Maule Region, Chile

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.