List of sister cities in California
This is a list of sister cities in the United States state of California. Sister cities, known in Europe as twin towns, are cities which partner with each other to promote human contact and cultural links. This partnering is not limited to cities and often includes counties, regions, states and other sub-national entities.
Many Californian jurisdictions work with foreign cities through Sister Cities International, an organization whose goal is to "promote peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation."
A
Alameda- Dumaguete, Philippines
- Jiangyin, China
- Varazze, Italy
- Yeongdong, South Korea
- Taoyuan, Taiwan
Anaheim
- Mito, Japan
- Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
- Chichibu, Japan
Arcata
- Camoapa, Nicaragua
- Zacatecas, Mexico
B
Bakersfield- Amritsar, India
- Bucheon, South Korea
- Cixi, China
- Partyzanski (Minsk), Belarus
- Querétaro, Mexico
- Wakayama, Japan
- Taxco de Alarcón, Mexico
- Tototlán, Mexico
- Ahome, Mexico
- Tula de Allende, Mexico
- Browning, United States
- Gao, Mali
- Gongju, South Korea
- Haidian (Beijing), China
- Jena, Germany
- Las Vegas, Honduras
- León, Nicaragua
- Mathopestad (Rustenburg), South Africa
- Oukasie (Madibeng), South Africa
- Palma Soriano, Cuba
- Sakai, Japan
- San Antonio Los Ranchos, El Salvador
- Uma Bawang (Padawan), Malaysia
- Yondó, Colombia
- Acapulco, Mexico
- Cannes, France
- Herzliya, Israel
- Pudong (Shanghai), China
- Abtenau, Austria
- Anseong, South Korea
- Hannō, Japan
- Lagos de Moreno, Mexico
- Seongbuk (Seoul), South Korea
C
Calabasas- Anqing, China
- Mevaseret Zion, Israel
- Mexicali, Mexico
- Futtsu, Japan
- Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
- La Carlota, Philippines
- Sōka, Japan
- Wanju, South Korea
- Tequila, Mexico
- Loreto, Mexico
Coloma
- Clunes (Hepburn), Australia
Concord
- Kitakami, Japan
- Taichung, Taiwan
- Ocotlán, Mexico
- Wyndham, Australia
- Xalapa, Mexico
- Rikuzentakata, Japan
- Capo d'Orlando, Italy
- Iksan, South Korea
- Kaizuka, Japan
- Lethbridge, Canada
- Uruapan, Mexico
- Copertino, Italy
- Bhubaneswar, India
- Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Toyokawa, Japan
D
Daly City- Izumisano, Japan
- Quezon City, Philippines
- Huishan (Wuxi), China
- Inuyama, Japan
- Los Baños, Philippines
- Muñoz, Philippines
- Qufu, China
- Rutilio Grande, El Salvador
- Sangju, South Korea
- Uman, Ukraine
- Arida, Japan
- Asti, Italy
- Jacona, Mexico
- Kalibo, Philippines
- Tangancícuaro, Mexico
- Sanxia (New Taipei), Taiwan
- Malsch, Germany
- Alajuela, Costa Rica
- Efrat, Israel
- Fresnillo, Mexico
- Guadalajara, Mexico
- San Quintín, Mexico
- Taghmaconnell, Ireland
- Bray, Ireland
E
El CajonEl Dorado County
- Warabi, Japan
- Zamora, Mexico
- Concepción de Ataco, El Salvador
- Amakusa, Japan
- Itoshima, Japan
- Kamisu, Japan
- Nelson, New Zealand
F
Fairfield- Nirasaki, Japan
- Jiaohe, China
- Pieve del Grappa, Italy
- Ōtsuchi, Japan
- Inagi, Japan
- Fukaya, Japan
- Horta, Portugal
- Jaipur, India
- Lipa, Philippines
- Puerto Peñasco, Mexico
- Châteauroux, France
- Kōchi, Japan
- Münster, Germany
- Taishan, China
- Vagharshapat, Armenia
G
Garden Grove- Anyang, South Korea
- Huatabampo, Mexico
- Ichikawa, Japan
- Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
- Koror, Palau
- Monticelli d'Ongina, Italy
- Saint-Clar, France
- Takko, Japan
- Tecate, Mexico
- Boeun, South Korea
- Gimpo, South Korea
- Goseong, South Korea
- Gyumri, Armenia
- Higashiōsaka, Japan
- Kapan, Armenia
- Rosarito Beach, Mexico
- Santiago, Dominican Republic
- Tlaquepaque, Mexico
- Mooka, Japan
- Bodmin, England, United Kingdom
- Limana, Italy
- Acámbaro, Mexico
- Narvacan, Philippines
- Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
H
Half Moon Bay- Kariwa, Japan
- Setana, Japan
- Faro, Portugal
- Funabashi, Japan
- Ghazni, Afghanistan
- San Felipe, Mexico
- Yixing, China
Hercules
- Tsushima, Japan
- Loreto, Mexico
- Lachin, Azerbaijan
- Katō, Japan
- Anjō, Japan
- Northern Beaches, Australia
- Puebla, Mexico
- Rosarito Beach, Mexico
- San Julián, Mexico
- Yahualica de González Gallo, Mexico
I
Imperial Beach- White Rock, Canada
- Hermosillo, Mexico
- Seocho (Seoul), South Korea
- Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Tsukuba, Japan
- Salvatierra, Mexico
K
Kerman- Kannami, Japan
L
La Cañada Flintridge- Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain
- Isehara, Japan
- Los Cabos, Mexico
- Menton, France
- St Ives, England, United Kingdom
- Al-Qa'im, Iraq
- Bacarra, Philippines
- Ono, Japan
- Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
- Snezhinsk, Russia
- Yotsukaidō, Japan
- Jalostotitlán, Mexico
- Yingtan, China
Loma Linda
- Libertador San Martín, Argentina
- Manipal, India
- Takaishi, Japan
- Cheyenne, United States
- Inca, Spain
- Lake Placid, United States
- Locarno, Switzerland
- Namwon, South Korea
Los Altos
- Greater Bendigo, Australia
- Rustington, England, United Kingdom
- Shilin (Taipei), Taiwan
- Syktyvkar, Russia
- Athens, Greece
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Beirut, Lebanon
- Berlin, Germany
- Bordeaux, France
- Busan, South Korea
- Eilat, Israel
- Giza, Egypt
- Guangzhou, China
- Ischia, Italy
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- Kaunas, Lithuania
- Lusaka, Zambia
- Makati, Philippines
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Mumbai, India
- Nagoya, Japan
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Salvador, Brazil
- San Salvador, El Salvador
- Split, Croatia
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Vancouver, Canada
- Yerevan, Armenia
- New Taipei, Taiwan
- Listowel, Ireland
- Zihuatanejo de Azueta, Mexico
- Aguascalientes, Mexico
- Talpa de Allende, Mexico
- Zacatecas, Mexico
M
Madera- Yilan, Taiwan
- Lijiang, China
- Dunbar, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Hanchuan, China
- Isola delle Femmine, Italy
- Milazzo, Italy
- Stresa, Italy
- Beigang (Yunlin), Taiwan
- Ōmachi, Japan
- Bizen, Japan
- Galway, Ireland
- Kochi, India
- Xinbei (Changzhou), China
Millbrae
Milpitas
Modesto
- Aguascalientes, Mexico
- Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
- Kurume, Japan
- Laval, France
- Mengzi, China
- Vernon, Canada
- Vijayawada, India
- Ashiya, Japan
- Stepanakert, Azerbaijan
- Dubrovnik, Croatia
- Isola delle Femmine, Italy
- Kuşadası, Turkey
- Lankaran, Azerbaijan
- Lleida, Spain
- Nanao, Japan
- Tainan, Taiwan
- Morelia, Mexico
- Nachikatsuura, Japan
- Quanzhou, China
- Yeongdeungpo (Seoul), South Korea
- Yonghe (New Taipei), Taiwan
- San Juan de los Lagos, Mexico
- Ameca, Mexico
- Headford, Ireland
- Mizuho, Japan
- San Casciano in Val di Pesa, Italy
- San Martín de Hidalgo, Mexico
- Seferihisar, Turkey
N
Napa- Casablanca, Chile
- Iwanuma, Japan
- Launceston, Australia
- Penzance, England, United Kingdom
Norwalk
- Hermosillo, Mexico
- Morelia, Mexico
- Greater Shepparton, Australia
O
Oakland- Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
- Dalian, China
- Da Nang, Vietnam
- Fukuoka, Japan
- Funchal, Portugal
- Livorno, Italy
- Nakhodka, Russia
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica
- Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
- Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
- Fuji, Japan
- Kisarazu, Japan
- Pago Pago, American Samoa
- Ahome, Mexico
- Brockville, Canada
- Jieyang, China
- Mocorito, Mexico
- Salvador Alvarado, Mexico
Orange County
- Tianjin, China
- Tábor, Czech Republic
- Ocotlán, Mexico
P
Pacifica- Balaguer, Spain
- Gisborne, New Zealand
- Zihuatanejo de Azueta, Mexico
- Poncitlán, Mexico
- Albi, France
- Enschede, Netherlands
- Heidelberg, Germany
- Linköping, Sweden
- Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico
- Palo, Philippines
- Tsuchiura, Japan
- Yangpu (Shanghai), China
- Tepic, Mexico
- Dakar-Plateau, Senegal
- Järvenpää, Finland
- Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
- Mishima, Japan
- Vanadzor, Armenia
- Xicheng (Beijing), China
- San Luis Potosí, Mexico
- Isola delle Femmine, Italy
- Pohang, South Korea
- Shimonoseki, Japan
- Yahualica de González Gallo, Mexico
- Blairgowrie and Rattray, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Fergus (Centre Wellington), Canada
- Tulancingo de Bravo, Mexico
- Jocotepec, Mexico
R
Rancho Cordova- Turrialba, Costa Rica
- Sakura, Japan
- Hino, Japan
- Linli, China
- San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
- Ensenada, Mexico
- Itoman, Japan
- La Paz, Mexico
- Zhangjiagang, China
- Aguililla, Mexico
- Colima, Mexico
- Zapotlán el Grande, Mexico
- Zhuhai, China
- Tongyeong, South Korea
- Regla (Havana), Cuba
- Shimada, Japan
- Zhoushan, China
- Tepatitlán de Morelos, Mexico
- Tobishima, Japan
- Fuyang (Hangzhou), China
- Tamazula de Gordiano, Mexico
- Cần Thơ, Vietnam
- Cuautla, Mexico
- Ensenada, Mexico
- Erlangen, Germany
- Gangnam (Seoul), South Korea
- Hyderabad, India
- Jiangmen, China
- Obuasi, Ghana
- Sendai, Japan
- Hashimoto, Japan
S
Sacramento- Ashkelon, Israel
- Bethlehem, Palestine
- Chişinău, Moldova
- Hamilton, New Zealand
- Jinan, China
- Liestal, Switzerland
- Manila, Philippines
- Matsuyama, Japan
- Mexicali, Mexico
- Pasay, Philippines
- San Juan de Oriente, Nicaragua
- Sumy, Ukraine
- Yongsan (Seoul), South Korea
- Cebu City, Philippines
- Drogheda, Ireland
- Ichikikushikino, Japan
- Jerécuaro, Mexico
- Guanajuato, Mexico
- Seogwipo, South Korea
- Söke, Turkey
- Centro, Mexico
- Goyang, South Korea
- Herzliya, Israel
- Ifẹ, Nigeria
- Kigali, Rwanda
- Mexicali, Mexico
- Roxas, Philippines
- Tachikawa, Japan
- Tauranga, New Zealand
- Zavolzhye, Russia
- Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Narita, Japan
San Clemente
- San Clemente del Tuyú, Argentina
- Alcalá de Henares, Spain
- Campinas, Brazil
- Cavite City, Philippines
- Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Jalalabad, Afghanistan
- Jeonju, South Korea
- Leon, Mexico
- Marseille, France
- Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
- Panama City, Panama
- Perth, Australia
- Taichung City, Taiwan
- Tema, Ghana
- Tijuana, Mexico
- Vladivostok, Russia
- Yantai, China
- Yokohama, Japan
- Tepatitlán de Morelos, Mexico
- Abidjan, Ivory Coast
- Amman, Jordan
- Assisi, Italy
- Barcelona, Spain
- Bengaluru, India
- Cork, Ireland
- Haifa, Israel
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Kiel, Germany
- Kraków, Poland
- Manila, Philippines
- Seoul, South Korea
- Shanghai, China
- Sydney, Australia
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Thessaloniki, Greece
- Zurich, Switzerland
San Jose
- Dublin, Ireland
- Guadalajara, Mexico
- Okayama, Japan
- Pune, India
- San José, Costa Rica
- Tainan, Taiwan
- Veracruz, Mexico
- Yekaterinburg, Russia
- Naga, Philippines
- Ponta Delgada, Portugal
- Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
- Tamsui (New Taipei), Taiwan
- Toyonaka, Japan
- Manzanillo, Mexico
- Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Lonate Pozzolo, Italy
- San Rafael del Norte, Nicaragua
- Kotor, Montenegro
- Patras, Greece
- Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
- San Juan, Philippines
- Toba, Japan
- Weihai, China
Santa Clara County
- Florence Metropolitan City, Italy
- Hsinchu County, Taiwan
Santa Cruz
- Alushta, Ukraine
- Biarritz, France
- Jinotepe, Nicaragua
- Sestri Levante, Italy
- Shingū, Japan
- Navojoa, Mexico
- Tirschenreuth, Germany
- Fujinomiya, Japan
- Hamm, Germany
- Mazatlán, Mexico
Saratoga
- Mukō, Japan
- Cascais, Portugal
- Sakaide, Japan
- Viña del Mar, Chile
- Nichinan, Japan
Solvang
- Aalborg, Denmark
- Aswan, Egypt
- Chambolle-Musigny, France
- Greve in Chianti, Italy
- Kaniv, Ukraine
- Pátzcuaro, Mexico
- Penglai (Yantai), China
- Tokaj, Hungary
- Kirishima, Japan
- Gómez Palacio, Mexico
- Kunshan, China
- Atotonilco El Alto, Mexico
- Kishiwada, Japan
- Lucca, Italy
- Pasig, Philippines
- Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France
- Asaba, Nigeria
- Battambang, Cambodia
- Empalme, Mexico
- Foshan, China
- Iloilo City, Philippines
- Parma, Italy
- Shizuoka, Japan
- Iizuka, Japan
T
Temecula- Daisen, Japan
- Hawkesbury, Australia
- Magdalena de Kino, Mexico
- Qingdao, China
- Kashiwa, Japan
Tulare
- Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
- Inverell, Australia
- Heyuan, China
U
Union City- Asadabad, Afghanistan
- Baybay, Philippines
- Chiang Rai, Thailand
- Jalandhar, India
- Liyang, China
- Mulegé, Mexico
- Pasay, Philippines
V
VallejoVentura
- Loreto, Mexico
W
WalnutWalnut Creek
Watsonville
- Cavtat (Konavle), Croatia
- Jocotepec, Mexico
- Kawakami, Japan
- Pinghu, China
- San Pedro Masahuat, El Salvador
- Tangancícuaro, Mexico
- Fengtai (Beijing), China
- Ōtawara, Japan
- Alaminos, Philippines
- Changshu, China
- La Piedad, Mexico
Y
Yorba LindaYountville
- Kaštela, Croatia
- Todos Santos (La Paz), Mexico
- Toride, Japan