Map of Santa Cruz, California, United States

Santa Cruz is a city in California, United States, with a population of about 64,220. It lies at 36.9741°N, 122.0308°W, about 11 m above sea level. Santa Cruz is about 3,912 km (2,431 mi) west of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Watsonville, 25 km to the east.

Santa Cruz at a glance

Where is Santa Cruz?

• Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 37 min on the shortest day to 14 h 42 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Santa Cruz

• Watsonville — 25 km east
• Campbell — 36 km north
• Morgan Hill — 38 km northeast
• Cupertino — 39 km north
• Gilroy — 41 km east
• San Jose — 42 km north
• Santa Clara — 43 km north
• Sunnyvale — 44 km north
• Mountain View — 46 km north
• Salinas — 47 km southeast

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 Cruz

• Santa Cruz — Calabarzon, Philippines
• Santa Cruz — Central Luzon, Philippines
• Santa Cruz — Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
• Santa Cruz — O'Higgins Region, Chile
• Santa Cruz — Aruba

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.