Map of Watsonville, United States
Watsonville is a city in California, United States, with a population of about 53,628. It lies at 36.9102°N, 121.7569°W, about 10 m above sea level. Watsonville is about 3,891 km (2,417 mi) west of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Gilroy, 20 km to the northeast.
Watsonville at a glance
Country
Region
California
Population
53,628GeoNames
Coordinates
36.9102, -121.756936°54′37″N 121°45′25″W
Time zone
America/Los_AngelesUTC−08:00 / UTC−07:00 (daylight saving time)
Local time
–
Elevation
10 m (33 ft)
Distance to Washington, D.C.
3,891 km (2,417 mi)
Where is Watsonville?
- Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
- Daylight ranges from about 9 h 38 min on the shortest day to 14 h 42 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).
Cities near Watsonville
- Gilroy — 20 km northeast
- Santa Cruz — 25 km west
- Morgan Hill — 26 km north
- Salinas — 27 km south
- Hollister — 32 km east
- Campbell — 45 km north
- San Jose — 49 km north
- Cupertino — 52 km northwest
- Santa Clara — 52 km north
- Sunnyvale — 57 km northwest
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.