California

Distance from Bakersfield to Oxnard

Straight-line distance

80.3mi

Bakersfield, CA and Oxnard, CA are 80.3 miles (129.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Bakersfield, the shortest path starts out heading S (187°).

kilometers
129.2
nautical miles
69.8
heading from Bakersfield
187° S
heading from Oxnard
7° N
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Bakersfield is from Oxnard

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Bakersfield and Oxnard is 80.3 miles, 129.2 km or 69.8 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 80.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
80.3
Kilometers
129.2
Nautical miles
69.8
Bearing from Bakersfield
186.9° S
Bearing arriving at Oxnard
186.8°
Bearing from Oxnard
6.8° N

Halfway between Bakersfield and Oxnard

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.776329, -119.123293 (34°46'34.79"N 119°07'23.85"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Ojai, CA, with 7,563 residents, 23.7 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, Bakersfield gets 14 h 33 min of daylight and Oxnard 14 h 26 min; on December 21, 9 h 46 min and 9 h 52 min. Bakersfield is 1.15° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Bakersfield has 2.1 times the population of Oxnard. From July 2020 to July 2024, Bakersfield changed by +3.0% and Oxnard by -0.6%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Bakersfield, CA417,468 (+3.0%)
  2. 02Oxnard, CA200,616 (-0.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Bakersfield from Oxnard?

80.3 miles, 129.2 km or 69.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Oxnard from Bakersfield?

S. The great-circle path leaves Bakersfield on a bearing of 186.9° and arrives at Oxnard on 186.8°. The return trip starts on 6.8°.

What is halfway between Bakersfield and Oxnard?

The midpoint is at 34.776329, -119.123293. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Ojai, CA, 23.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Bakersfield and Oxnard?

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

Which is bigger, Bakersfield or Oxnard?

Bakersfield, with 417,468 residents in July 2024 against 200,616 for Oxnard, 2.1 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.