San Diego
City in United States: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
San Diego skyline 18 (cropped): Boatguy619, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
San Diego is a city in United States, in California. About 1.4 million people live in the city proper, making it the 11th largest city of United States in our atlas.
It lies at 32.72° N, 117.16° W, about 20 m (66 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Los_Angeles time zone.
Location
Red dot: San Diego. Green dots: other major cities of United States. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
San Diego has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 29°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 8°C (46°F). Around 268 mm (11 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Feb.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in United StatesNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Los Angeles · 179 km
- Phoenix · 482 km
- San Antonio · 1,782 km
- Fort Worth · 1,853 km
- Dallas · 1,901 km
- Houston · 2,062 km
- Chicago · 2,937 km
- Jacksonville · 3,327 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 5391811 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q16552 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- San Diego skyline 18 (cropped): Boatguy619, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel, San Diego: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- San Diego El Puente Cabrillo 1916: Carleton Monroe Winslow, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- San Diego - Whaley House 01: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- HarborClubWestTowerSanDiegoApr09: Nehrams2020, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- FirstNationalBankCenter1SanDiegoApr09: Nehrams2020, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Side of house of charms 2013-10-20 15-09: User:Ashstar01, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- San Diego, 2016 - 251: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
