City profile · Uruguay · South America
San José de Mayo
San Jose Department · Uruguay
City population
35,883
#14
in Uruguay
#1
in San Jose Department
#15,365
worldwide
-34.339, -56.713 · 79 km from Montevideo
About San José de Mayo
San José de Mayo is a city in San Jose Department, Uruguay with a population of 35,883. It is the 14th largest of the 31 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Uruguay, and the 15,365th largest worldwide. It lies 79 km from Montevideo.
Key Facts
Country
Region
San Jose Department
Rank in region
#1of 2
Elevation
53 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Montevideo
Coordinates
-34.339, -56.713
Record updated
2026-06-22
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 31 in UruguayClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.