Map of Ceres, California, United States

Ceres is a city in California, United States, with a population of about 47,963. It lies at 37.5949°N, 120.9577°W, about 28 m above sea level. Ceres is about 3,801 km (2,362 mi) west of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Modesto, 6 km to the northwest.

Ceres at a glance

Where is Ceres?

• Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 34 min on the shortest day to 14 h 46 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Ceres

• Modesto — 6 km northwest
• Turlock — 15 km southeast
• Manteca — 32 km northwest
• Tracy — 44 km west
• Stockton — 50 km northwest
• Merced — 53 km southeast
• Los Banos — 60 km south
• Lodi — 66 km northwest
• Livermore — 72 km west
• Brentwood — 75 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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Other places named Ceres

• Ceres — Western Cape, South Africa

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.