Map of São Paulo, Brazil

São Paulo is the administrative centre of São Paulo, Brazil, with a population of about 12,400,232. It lies at 23.5475°S, 46.6361°W. São Paulo is about 874 km (543 mi) south of Brasília, the capital. The nearest city on our map is São Caetano do Sul, 12 km to the southeast.

São Paulo at a glance

Where is São Paulo?

• The largest city in Brazil by recorded population.
• Located in the Southern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 41 min on the shortest day to 13 h 35 min on the longest day (around 21 June and 21 December).

Cities near São Paulo

• São Caetano do Sul — 12 km southeast
• Guarulhos — 14 km northeast
• Diadema — 15 km south
• Osasco — 16 km west
• Santo André — 16 km southeast
• São Bernardo do Campo — 18 km southeast
• Taboão da Serra — 18 km southwest
• Carapicuíba — 20 km west
• Mauá — 22 km southeast
• Caieiras — 23 km northwest

Largest cities in São Paulo

• Guarulhos — 1,345,364
• Campinas — 1,031,554
• São Bernardo do Campo — 840,499
• Sorocaba — 762,172
• Osasco — 728,615
• São José dos Campos — 727,078
• Ribeirão Preto — 698,642
• Santo André — 662,373
• São José do Rio Preto — 480,393
• Jundiaí — 443,221

Largest cities in Brazil

• Rio de Janeiro — 6,747,815
• Belo Horizonte — 2,721,564
• Salvador — 2,711,840
• Fortaleza — 2,400,000
• Manaus — 2,219,580
• Brasília — 2,207,718
• Curitiba — 1,948,626
• Recife — 1,653,461
• Goiânia — 1,536,097
• Belém — 1,499,641

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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.