Map of Santa Barbara, United States

Santa Barbara is a city in California, United States, with a population of about 91,842. It lies at 34.4208°N, 119.6982°W, about 15 m above sea level. Santa Barbara is about 3,803 km (2,363 mi) west of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Ventura, 40 km to the southeast.

Santa Barbara at a glance

Where is Santa Barbara?

• Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 51 min on the shortest day to 14 h 28 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Santa Barbara

• Ventura — 40 km southeast
• Oxnard — 54 km southeast
• Camarillo — 65 km east
• Lompoc — 74 km west
• Moorpark — 76 km east
• Thousand Oaks — 84 km east
• Simi Valley — 86 km east
• Santa Maria — 90 km northwest
• Valencia — 100 km east
• Santa Clarita — 106 km east

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.