California

Distance from Berkeley to Concord

Straight-line distance

17.8mi

Berkeley, CA and Concord, CA are 17.8 miles (28.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Berkeley, the shortest path starts out heading ENE (65°).

kilometers
28.6
nautical miles
15.5
heading from Berkeley
65° ENE
heading from Concord
246° WSW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Berkeley is from Concord

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Berkeley and Concord is 17.8 miles, 28.6 km or 15.5 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 17.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
17.8
Kilometers
28.6
Nautical miles
15.5
Bearing from Berkeley
65.5° ENE
Bearing arriving at Concord
65.7°
Bearing from Concord
245.7° WSW

Halfway between Berkeley and Concord

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.919043, -122.150258 (37°55'8.56"N 122°09'0.93"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Lafayette, CA, with 25,371 residents, 2.5 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, Berkeley gets 14 h 48 min of daylight and Concord 14 h 48 min; on December 21, 9 h 32 min and 9 h 32 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Concord has 1.0 times the population of Berkeley. From July 2020 to July 2024, Berkeley changed by -2.0% and Concord by -1.0%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Berkeley, CA121,749 (-2.0%)
  2. 02Concord, CA124,016 (-1.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Berkeley from Concord?

17.8 miles, 28.6 km or 15.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Concord from Berkeley?

ENE. The great-circle path leaves Berkeley on a bearing of 65.5° and arrives at Concord on 65.7°. The return trip starts on 245.7°.

What is halfway between Berkeley and Concord?

The midpoint is at 37.919043, -122.150258. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Lafayette, CA, 2.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Berkeley and Concord?

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

Which is bigger, Berkeley or Concord?

Concord, with 124,016 residents in July 2024 against 121,749 for Berkeley, 1.0 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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