Map of Santa Monica, United States

Santa Monica is a city in California, United States, with a population of about 93,220. It lies at 34.0195°N, 118.4914°W, about 32 m above sea level. Santa Monica is about 3,715 km (2,308 mi) west of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Inglewood, 14 km to the southeast.

Santa Monica at a glance

Where is Santa Monica?

• Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 53 min on the shortest day to 14 h 25 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Santa Monica

• Inglewood — 14 km southeast
• Manhattan Beach — 17 km southeast
• Hawthorne — 17 km southeast
• Lawndale — 19 km southeast
• Redondo Beach — 21 km southeast
• Gardena — 22 km southeast
• Los Angeles — 23 km east
• Florence-Graham — 23 km east
• Burbank — 25 km northeast
• Willowbrook — 25 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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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.