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Elevation

Elevation of Daly City

407ft

above sea level · 124 m

Daly City is a city in California with 101,261 people, the 77th most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 121st lowest.

By the Mapsfera Team

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Place facts

Coordinates
37.71° N · 122.46° W
In degrees, minutes and seconds: 37° 42′ 21″ N · 122° 27′ 43″ W
UTM coordinates
10S · 547,428 E · 4,173,314 N
Zone 10 · NAD83, the official US datum
County
San Mateo County
Where the city’s reference point falls
State
California
CA · capital: Sacramento
Time zone
Pacific Time
UTC−8 · UTC−7 in summer (daylight saving time)
Population (2025)
101,261 people
7.65 sq mi of land · 13,237 people/sq mi
Elevation model
USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
Lidar from October 2023: the ground height at the city’s reference point.

Population

Daly City had 101,261 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 3.5% fewer than in April 2020, when it had 104,905. Its 7.65 sq mi of land work out to 13,237 people/sq mi; the state average is 253 people/sq mi.

It’s the 77th most populous of the 1,617 places the Census counts in California (cities, towns and CDPs), after Los Angeles (3,869,089), and holds 0.3% of the state’s population.

It lies entirely within San Mateo County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 0.3 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.

Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000

Daly City sits at 407 ft (124 m) above sea level. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, the highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft). The average is 862 ft: Daly City is 455 ft below it.

The state capital, Sacramento, is 80 mi away in a straight line and 380 ft lower than Daly City.

The nearest city with more than 250,000 people is San Francisco, 5.3 mi away in a straight line and 352 ft lower.

Of the 75 cities in California with a page, Daly City is the 25th highest: the highest is Hesperia (3,178 ft) and the lowest is Stockton (12 ft).

The highest point in California is Mount Whitney, at 14,494 ft according to the USGS: 14,087 ft above Daly City, 242 mi away in a straight line.

  1. 127 El Cajon 435 ft
  2. 128 Eugene 430 ft
  3. 129 Daly City 407 ft
  4. 130 Syracuse 400 ft
  5. 131 West Covina 385 ft

Each color band is 500 m (1,640 ft), the same colors as the map. See the full list

Nearest cities with a page

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Frequently asked questions

What people most often ask about the elevation of Daly City.

What is the elevation of Daly City?

Daly City is 407 feet (124 m) above sea level. That’s the ground height from the USGS 3DEP elevation model at the city’s reference point in the official gazetteer (GNIS). The city doesn’t have a single elevation: it rises and falls from one neighborhood to another.

What are the coordinates of Daly City?

Latitude 37.70583 and longitude -122.46194, in decimal degrees (37° 42′ 21″ N · 122° 27′ 43″ W). In UTM, zone 10: 547,428 E and 4,173,314 N, on NAD83.

How does Daly City rank among the highest US cities of its size?

It’s the 121st lowest of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people. The highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft).

What county is Daly City in?

San Mateo County, California.

Which is higher, Daly City or Sacramento?

Daly City. Daly City sits at 407 ft and Sacramento at 27 ft: a difference of 380 ft, 80 mi apart in a straight line.

How is elevation measured?

Elevation is the height above mean sea level. In the US the official reference is the NAVD88 vertical datum. Summits are surveyed on the ground, with leveling and precise GPS. The USGS 3DEP is an elevation model of the whole country, largely from 1-meter lidar: it gives the ground height at every point. That’s why it can differ by a few feet from the official figure of a sharp summit.

Sources

  • USGS 3DEP (EPQS service) The elevation: the ground height at the reference point. Public domain.
  • USGS GNIS (official gazetteer) The city’s reference point (“Populated Place”). Public domain.
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates Population, land area (2025 Gazetteer) and counties. Public domain.
  • TIGERweb (U.S. Census Bureau) Which county and city the point falls in. Public domain.
  • timezone-boundary-builder The point’s time zone (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors).
  • Terrain Tiles, OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The relief shading and the base map (ODbL).

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