California

Distance from Chico to Elk Grove

Straight-line distance

95.7mi

Chico, CA and Elk Grove, CA are 95.7 miles (154.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Chico, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (166°).

kilometers
154.1
nautical miles
83.2
heading from Chico
166° SSE
heading from Elk Grove
346° NNW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Chico is from Elk Grove

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Chico and Elk Grove is 95.7 miles, 154.1 km or 83.2 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 95.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
95.7
Kilometers
154.1
Nautical miles
83.2
Bearing from Chico
165.8° SSE
Bearing arriving at Elk Grove
166.1°
Bearing from Elk Grove
346.1° NNW

Halfway between Chico and Elk Grove

The great-circle midpoint is at 39.087000, -121.599288 (39°05'13.20"N 121°35'57.44"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Yuba City, CA, with 69,148 residents, 3.7 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, Chico gets 14 h 59 min of daylight and Elk Grove 14 h 51 min; on December 21, 9 h 21 min and 9 h 29 min. Chico is 1.34° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Elk Grove has 1.8 times the population of Chico. From July 2020 to July 2024, Chico changed by -0.4% and Elk Grove by +3.5%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Chico, CA102,911 (-0.4%)
  2. 02Elk Grove, CA182,797 (+3.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Chico from Elk Grove?

95.7 miles, 154.1 km or 83.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Elk Grove from Chico?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Chico on a bearing of 165.8° and arrives at Elk Grove on 166.1°. The return trip starts on 346.1°.

What is halfway between Chico and Elk Grove?

The midpoint is at 39.087000, -121.599288. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Yuba City, CA, 3.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Chico and Elk Grove?

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

Which is bigger, Chico or Elk Grove?

Elk Grove, with 182,797 residents in July 2024 against 102,911 for Chico, 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)

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