California

Distance from Bakersfield to Santa Clarita

Straight-line distance

71.5mi

Bakersfield, CA and Santa Clarita, CA are 71.5 miles (115.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Bakersfield, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (155°).

kilometers
115.1
nautical miles
62.2
heading from Bakersfield
155° SSE
heading from Santa Clarita
335° NNW
BakersfieldSanta Clarita

Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Bakersfield is from Santa Clarita

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Bakersfield and Santa Clarita is 71.5 miles, 115.1 km or 62.2 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 71.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
71.5
Kilometers
115.1
Nautical miles
62.2
Bearing from Bakersfield
154.7° SSE
Bearing arriving at Santa Clarita
155.0°
Bearing from Santa Clarita
335.0° NNW

Halfway between Bakersfield and Santa Clarita

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.885145, -118.767769 (34°53'6.52"N 118°46'3.97"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Arvin, CA, with 19,661 residents, 21.7 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 Santa Clarita 14 h 28 min; on December 21, 9 h 46 min and 9 h 51 min. Bakersfield is 0.94° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Bakersfield has 1.8 times the population of Santa Clarita. From July 2020 to July 2024, Bakersfield changed by +3.0% and Santa Clarita by -1.4%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Bakersfield, CA417,468 (+3.0%)
  2. 02Santa Clarita, CA229,159 (-1.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Bakersfield from Santa Clarita?

71.5 miles, 115.1 km or 62.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Santa Clarita from Bakersfield?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Bakersfield on a bearing of 154.7° and arrives at Santa Clarita on 155.0°. The return trip starts on 335.0°.

What is halfway between Bakersfield and Santa Clarita?

The midpoint is at 34.885145, -118.767769. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Arvin, CA, 21.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Bakersfield and Santa Clarita?

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

Which is bigger, Bakersfield or Santa Clarita?

Bakersfield, with 417,468 residents in July 2024 against 229,159 for Santa Clarita, 1.8 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.