What is the population of Hermosillo?
Hermosillo has a city population of 812,229. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Hermosillo
The largest city in Sonora, Hermosillo holds a population of 812,229, placing it 19th among Mexico's listed cities and accounting for 0.6% of the national population. It sits 1,609 km from Mexico City. Heroica Guaymas, at 117,253 residents, is the nearest substantial city at 130 km away; several smaller urban centres lie within 200 km.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 15
Elevation
202 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Hermosillo
Coordinates
29.089, -110.967
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 625 in MexicoClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Hermosillo | 812K |
Hermosillo Population FAQ
Where is Hermosillo?
Hermosillo is in Sonora, Mexico, 1,609 km from the capital, Mexico City. Its coordinates are 29.089, -110.967.
How big is Hermosillo compared with other cities in Mexico?
It is the 19th largest of the 625 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Mexico, holding 0.6% of the national population.