Map of Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Santa Rosa is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with a population of about 77,519. It lies at 27.8708°S, 54.4814°W. Santa Rosa is about 1,504 km (935 mi) southwest of Brasília, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Santo Ângelo, 52 km to the southeast.

Santa Rosa at a glance

Where is Santa Rosa?

• Located in the Southern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 22 min on the shortest day to 13 h 54 min on the longest day (around 21 June and 21 December).

Cities near Santa Rosa

• Santo Ângelo — 52 km southeast
• Oberá — 76 km northwest, Argentina
• São Luiz Gonzaga — 76 km southwest
• Ijuí — 80 km southeast
• Panambi — 107 km southeast
• Palmeira das Missões — 115 km east
• Cruz Alta — 121 km southeast
• San Vicente — 144 km north, Argentina
• Encarnación — 149 km northwest, Paraguay
• Posadas — 150 km west, Argentina

Largest cities in Rio Grande do Sul

• Porto Alegre — 1,488,252
• Caxias do Sul — 479,599
• Pelotas — 336,150
• Canoas — 328,291
• Santa Maria — 271,735
• Gravataí — 265,074
• Novo Hamburgo — 253,841
• Viamão — 231,996
• Passo Fundo — 214,811
• São Leopoldo — 209,229

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 Rosa

• Santa Rosa — Calabarzon, Philippines
• Santa Rosa — California, United States
• Santa Rosa — La Pampa, Argentina
• Santa Rosa — El Oro, Ecuador

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.