California

Distance from Bakersfield to Visalia

Straight-line distance

69.3mi

Bakersfield, CA and Visalia, CA are 69.3 miles (111.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Bakersfield, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (346°).

kilometers
111.5
nautical miles
60.2
heading from Bakersfield
346° NNW
heading from Visalia
166° SSE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Bakersfield is from Visalia

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Bakersfield and Visalia is 69.3 miles, 111.5 km or 60.2 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 69.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
69.3
Kilometers
111.5
Nautical miles
60.2
Bearing from Bakersfield
346.5° NNW
Bearing arriving at Visalia
346.3°
Bearing from Visalia
166.3° SSE

Halfway between Bakersfield and Visalia

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.840687, -119.182307 (35°50'26.47"N 119°10'56.31"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Delano, CA, with 53,198 residents, 6.9 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 Visalia 14 h 38 min; on December 21, 9 h 46 min and 9 h 41 min. Visalia is 0.97° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Bakersfield has 2.9 times the population of Visalia. From July 2020 to July 2024, Bakersfield changed by +3.0% and Visalia by +3.2%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Bakersfield, CA417,468 (+3.0%)
  2. 02Visalia, CA146,271 (+3.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Bakersfield from Visalia?

69.3 miles, 111.5 km or 60.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Visalia from Bakersfield?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Bakersfield on a bearing of 346.5° and arrives at Visalia on 346.3°. The return trip starts on 166.3°.

What is halfway between Bakersfield and Visalia?

The midpoint is at 35.840687, -119.182307. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Delano, CA, 6.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Bakersfield and Visalia?

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

Which is bigger, Bakersfield or Visalia?

Bakersfield, with 417,468 residents in July 2024 against 146,271 for Visalia, 2.9 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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