Map of San Luis Obispo, United States

San Luis Obispo is a city in California, United States, with a population of about 47,339. It lies at 35.2828°N, 120.6596°W, about 71 m above sea level. San Luis Obispo is about 3,853 km (2,394 mi) west of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Santa Maria, 42 km to the southeast.

San Luis Obispo at a glance

Where is San Luis Obispo?

• Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 46 min on the shortest day to 14 h 32 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near San Luis Obispo

• Santa Maria — 42 km southeast
• Lompoc — 74 km south
• Santa Barbara — 130 km southeast
• Delano — 139 km northeast
• Hanford — 148 km northeast
• Bakersfield — 149 km east
• Tulare — 157 km northeast
• Ventura — 167 km southeast
• Visalia — 170 km northeast
• Porterville — 172 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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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.