Map of Santa Clara, California, United States

Santa Clara is a city in California, United States, with a population of about 126,215. It lies at 37.3541°N, 121.9552°W, about 23 m above sea level. Santa Clara is about 3,893 km (2,419 mi) west of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is San Jose, 6 km to the east.

Santa Clara at a glance

Where is Santa Clara?

• Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 35 min on the shortest day to 14 h 44 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Santa Clara

• San Jose — 6 km east
• Sunnyvale — 7 km west
• Campbell — 7 km south
• Cupertino — 8 km southwest
• Milpitas — 9 km northeast
• Mountain View — 12 km west
• Palo Alto — 19 km northwest
• Newark — 21 km north
• Fremont — 22 km north
• Menlo Park — 23 km northwest

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 Santa Clara

• Santa Clara — Villa Clara Province, Cuba

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.