Map of Long Beach, California, United States

Long Beach is a city in California, United States, with a population of about 474,140. It lies at 33.7670°N, 118.1892°W, about 9 m above sea level. Long Beach is about 3,699 km (2,298 mi) west of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Lakewood, 11 km to the northeast.

Long Beach at a glance

Where is Long Beach?

• The 45th largest city in United States by recorded population.
• The 7th largest city in California on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 54 min on the shortest day to 14 h 24 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Long Beach

• Lakewood — 11 km northeast
• Carson — 11 km northwest
• Paramount — 14 km north
• Compton — 15 km north
• Cypress — 15 km east
• Cerritos — 15 km northeast
• Torrance — 16 km northwest
• Westminster — 17 km east
• Gardena — 17 km northwest
• Willowbrook — 18 km north

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
• Oakland — 419,267
• Bakersfield — 373,640
• Anaheim — 350,742
• Riverside — 317,261

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

Map of United States and all its cities →

Other places named Long Beach

• Long Beach — New York, United States

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.