Map of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Santa Maria is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with a population of about 271,735. It lies at 29.6842°S, 53.8069°W. Santa Maria is about 1,659 km (1,031 mi) south of Brasília, the capital. The nearest city on our map is São Gabriel, 88 km to the southwest.

Santa Maria at a glance

Where is Santa Maria?

• The 5th largest city in Rio Grande do Sul on this site.
• Located in the Southern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 14 min on the shortest day to 14 h 03 min on the longest day (around 21 June and 21 December).

Cities near Santa Maria

• São Gabriel — 88 km southwest
• Cachoeira do Sul — 96 km southeast
• Caçapava do Sul — 97 km south
• Santiago — 116 km northwest
• Cruz Alta — 117 km north
• Rosário do Sul — 124 km southwest
• Santa Cruz do Sul — 133 km east
• Rio Pardo — 142 km east
• Ijuí — 145 km north
• Venâncio Aires — 156 km east

Largest cities in Rio Grande do Sul

• Porto Alegre — 1,488,252
• Caxias do Sul — 479,599
• Pelotas — 336,150
• Canoas — 328,291
• Gravataí — 265,074
• Novo Hamburgo — 253,841
• Viamão — 231,996
• Passo Fundo — 214,811
• São Leopoldo — 209,229
• Rio Grande — 198,935

Largest cities in Brazil

• São Paulo — 12,400,232
• Rio de Janeiro — 6,747,815
• Belo Horizonte — 2,721,564
• Salvador — 2,711,840
• Fortaleza — 2,400,000
• Manaus — 2,219,580
• Brasília — 2,207,718
• Curitiba — 1,948,626
• Recife — 1,653,461
• Goiânia — 1,536,097

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Other places named Santa Maria

• Santa Maria — California, United States

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.