California

Distance from Bakersfield to Fresno

Straight-line distance

107.4mi

Bakersfield, CA and Fresno, CA are 107.4 miles (172.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Bakersfield, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (337°).

kilometers
172.9
nautical miles
93.3
heading from Bakersfield
337° NNW
heading from Fresno
157° SSE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Bakersfield is from Fresno

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Bakersfield and Fresno is 107.4 miles, 172.9 km or 93.3 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 107.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
107.4
Kilometers
172.9
Nautical miles
93.3
Bearing from Bakersfield
337.1° NNW
Bearing arriving at Fresno
336.6°
Bearing from Fresno
156.6° SSE

Halfway between Bakersfield and Fresno

The great-circle midpoint is at 36.068543, -119.412218 (36°04'6.75"N 119°24'43.98"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Corcoran, CA, with 22,627 residents, 8.4 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, Bakersfield gets 14 h 33 min of daylight and Fresno 14 h 41 min; on December 21, 9 h 46 min and 9 h 38 min. Fresno is 1.43° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Fresno has 1.3 times the population of Bakersfield. From July 2020 to July 2024, Bakersfield changed by +3.0% and Fresno by +1.4%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Bakersfield, CA417,468 (+3.0%)
  2. 02Fresno, CA550,105 (+1.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Bakersfield from Fresno?

107.4 miles, 172.9 km or 93.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Fresno from Bakersfield?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Bakersfield on a bearing of 337.1° and arrives at Fresno on 336.6°. The return trip starts on 156.6°.

What is halfway between Bakersfield and Fresno?

The midpoint is at 36.068543, -119.412218. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Corcoran, CA, 8.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Bakersfield and Fresno?

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

Which is bigger, Bakersfield or Fresno?

Fresno, with 550,105 residents in July 2024 against 417,468 for Bakersfield, 1.3 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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