Map of Santa Maria, California, United States

Santa Maria is a city in California, United States, with a population of about 105,093. It lies at 34.9530°N, 120.4357°W, about 67 m above sea level. Santa Maria is about 3,846 km (2,390 mi) west of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Lompoc, 35 km to the south.

Santa Maria at a glance

Where is Santa Maria?

• Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 48 min on the shortest day to 14 h 30 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Santa Maria

• Lompoc — 35 km south
• San Luis Obispo — 42 km northwest
• Santa Barbara — 90 km southeast
• Ventura — 129 km southeast
• Bakersfield — 137 km east
• Delano — 141 km northeast
• Oxnard — 143 km southeast
• Camarillo — 152 km southeast
• Moorpark — 160 km southeast
• Hanford — 169 km northeast

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 Santa Maria

• Santa Maria — Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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.