Elevation of Vallejo
69ft
above sea level · 21 m
Vallejo is a city in California with 123,287 people, the 49th most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 59th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 38.10° N · 122.26° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 38° 6′ 15″ N · 122° 15′ 24″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 10S · 565,173 E · 4,217,625 N
- Zone 10 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Pacific Time
- UTC−8 · UTC−7 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 123,287 people
- 30.4 sq mi of land · 4,050 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from March 2018: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Vallejo had 123,287 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 2.2% fewer than in April 2020, when it had 126,084. Its 30.4 sq mi of land work out to 4,050 people/sq mi; the state average is 253 people/sq mi.
It’s the 49th 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 Solano County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 0.4 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000
Vallejo sits at 69 ft (21 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: Vallejo is 793 ft below it.
The state capital, Sacramento, is 53 mi away in a straight line and 42 ft lower than Vallejo.
The nearest city with more than 250,000 people is Oakland, 21 mi away in a straight line and 27 ft lower.
Of the 75 cities in California with a page, Vallejo is the 21st lowest: 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: 14,425 ft above Vallejo, 242 mi away in a straight line.
- 191 Vallejo 69 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Vallejo.
What is the elevation of Vallejo?
Vallejo is 69 feet (21 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 Vallejo?
Latitude 38.10409 and longitude -122.25664, in decimal degrees (38° 6′ 15″ N · 122° 15′ 24″ W). In UTM, zone 10: 565,173 E and 4,217,625 N, on NAD83.
How does Vallejo rank among the highest US cities of its size?
It’s the 59th 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 Vallejo in?
Solano County, California.
Which is higher, Vallejo or Sacramento?
Vallejo. Vallejo sits at 69 ft and Sacramento at 27 ft: a difference of 42 ft, 53 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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