California

Distance from Antioch to Sacramento

Straight-line distance

44.4mi

Antioch, CA and Sacramento, CA are 44.4 miles (71.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Antioch, the shortest path starts out heading NNE (23°).

kilometers
71.5
nautical miles
38.6
heading from Antioch
23° NNE
heading from Sacramento
204° SSW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Antioch is from Sacramento

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Antioch and Sacramento is 44.4 miles, 71.5 km or 38.6 nautical miles. That is the shortest path over the Earth's surface, computed with the haversine formula on a sphere with the mean Earth radius, 6,371.0 km. A course held on one compass bearing (a rhumb line) would be 44.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
44.4
Kilometers
71.5
Nautical miles
38.6
Bearing from Antioch
23.5° NNE
Bearing arriving at Sacramento
23.7°
Bearing from Sacramento
203.7° SSW

Halfway between Antioch and Sacramento

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.273114, -121.632815 (38°16'23.21"N 121°37'58.14"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Rio Vista, CA, with 10,248 residents, 7.7 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Both use America/Los_Angeles, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Antioch gets 14 h 48 min of daylight and Sacramento 14 h 52 min; on December 21, 9 h 32 min and 9 h 28 min. Sacramento is 0.59° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Sacramento has 4.5 times the population of Antioch. From July 2020 to July 2024, Antioch changed by +2.7% and Sacramento by +1.9%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Antioch, CA118,453 (+2.7%)
  2. 02Sacramento, CA535,798 (+1.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Antioch from Sacramento?

44.4 miles, 71.5 km or 38.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Sacramento from Antioch?

NNE. The great-circle path leaves Antioch on a bearing of 23.5° and arrives at Sacramento on 23.7°. The return trip starts on 203.7°.

What is halfway between Antioch and Sacramento?

The midpoint is at 38.273114, -121.632815. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Rio Vista, CA, 7.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Antioch and Sacramento?

Both use America/Los_Angeles, so there is no time difference.

Which is bigger, Antioch or Sacramento?

Sacramento, with 535,798 residents in July 2024 against 118,453 for Antioch, 4.5 times as many.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census 2024 Gazetteer internal points and Vintage 2024 estimates; time zones from Open-Meteo.

  1. 01Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  2. 02Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  3. 03SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
  4. 04IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)

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