Map of Mission Viejo, United States

Mission Viejo is a city in California, United States, with a population of about 97,156. It lies at 33.6000°N, 117.6720°W, about 121 m above sea level. Mission Viejo is about 3,661 km (2,275 mi) west of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Lake Forest, 5 km to the north.

Mission Viejo at a glance

Where is Mission Viejo?

• Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 55 min on the shortest day to 14 h 23 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Mission Viejo

• Lake Forest — 5 km north
• Aliso Viejo — 6 km southwest
• Rancho Santa Margarita — 8 km northeast
• Laguna Niguel — 9 km south
• San Juan Capistrano — 11 km south
• Dana Point — 15 km south
• Irvine — 16 km northwest
• San Clemente — 20 km south
• Tustin — 22 km northwest
• Costa Mesa — 23 km west

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.