Map of Santiago, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Santiago is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with a population of about 48,938. It lies at 29.1917°S, 54.8672°W. Santiago is about 1,652 km (1,026 mi) southwest of Brasília, the capital. The nearest city on our map is São Luiz Gonzaga, 88 km to the north.

Santiago at a glance

Where is Santiago?

• Located in the Southern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 16 min on the shortest day to 14 h 01 min on the longest day (around 21 June and 21 December).

Cities near Santiago

• São Luiz Gonzaga — 88 km north
• Alegrete — 111 km southwest
• Santo Ângelo — 115 km northeast
• Santa Maria — 116 km southeast
• Rosário do Sul — 119 km south
• Ijuí — 129 km northeast
• Cruz Alta — 137 km northeast
• São Gabriel — 138 km south
• Panambi — 166 km northeast
• Caçapava do Sul — 198 km southeast

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 Santiago

• Santiago — Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
• Santiago — Cagayan Valley, Philippines
• Santiago — Cuzco Department, Peru
• Santiago — Nuevo León, Mexico

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.