California

Distance from Berkeley to Oakland

Straight-line distance

7.7mi

Berkeley, CA and Oakland, CA are 7.7 miles (12.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Berkeley, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (149°).

kilometers
12.4
nautical miles
6.7
heading from Berkeley
149° SSE
heading from Oakland
329° NNW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Berkeley is from Oakland

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Berkeley and Oakland is 7.7 miles, 12.4 km or 6.7 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 7.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
7.7
Kilometers
12.4
Nautical miles
6.7
Bearing from Berkeley
149.0° SSE
Bearing arriving at Oakland
149.0°
Bearing from Oakland
329.0° NNW

Halfway between Berkeley and Oakland

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.817756, -122.262176 (37°49'3.92"N 122°15'43.83"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Piedmont, CA, with 10,816 residents, 1.8 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 Oakland 14 h 47 min; on December 21, 9 h 32 min and 9 h 33 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Oakland has 3.6 times the population of Berkeley. From July 2020 to July 2024, Berkeley changed by -2.0% and Oakland by +0.6%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Berkeley, CA121,749 (-2.0%)
  2. 02Oakland, CA443,554 (+0.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Berkeley from Oakland?

7.7 miles, 12.4 km or 6.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Oakland from Berkeley?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Berkeley on a bearing of 149.0° and arrives at Oakland on 149.0°. The return trip starts on 329.0°.

What is halfway between Berkeley and Oakland?

The midpoint is at 37.817756, -122.262176. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Piedmont, CA, 1.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Berkeley and Oakland?

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

Which is bigger, Berkeley or Oakland?

Oakland, with 443,554 residents in July 2024 against 121,749 for Berkeley, 3.6 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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