California

Distance from Berkeley to Sunnyvale

Straight-line distance

36.4mi

Berkeley, CA and Sunnyvale, CA are 36.4 miles (58.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Berkeley, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (156°).

kilometers
58.5
nautical miles
31.6
heading from Berkeley
156° SSE
heading from Sunnyvale
336° NNW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Berkeley is from Sunnyvale

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Berkeley and Sunnyvale is 36.4 miles, 58.5 km or 31.6 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 36.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
36.4
Kilometers
58.5
Nautical miles
31.6
Bearing from Berkeley
155.7° SSE
Bearing arriving at Sunnyvale
155.9°
Bearing from Sunnyvale
335.9° NNW

Halfway between Berkeley and Sunnyvale

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.625828, -122.162060 (37°37'32.98"N 122°09'43.42"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Hayward, CA, with 158,440 residents, 3.2 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 Sunnyvale 14 h 45 min; on December 21, 9 h 32 min and 9 h 35 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Sunnyvale has 1.3 times the population of Berkeley. From July 2020 to July 2024, Berkeley changed by -2.0% and Sunnyvale by +1.0%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Berkeley, CA121,749 (-2.0%)
  2. 02Sunnyvale, CA156,792 (+1.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Berkeley from Sunnyvale?

36.4 miles, 58.5 km or 31.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Sunnyvale from Berkeley?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Berkeley on a bearing of 155.7° and arrives at Sunnyvale on 155.9°. The return trip starts on 335.9°.

What is halfway between Berkeley and Sunnyvale?

The midpoint is at 37.625828, -122.162060. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Hayward, CA, 3.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Berkeley and Sunnyvale?

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

Which is bigger, Berkeley or Sunnyvale?

Sunnyvale, with 156,792 residents in July 2024 against 121,749 for Berkeley, 1.3 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.