California

Distance from Chico to Roseville

Straight-line distance

73.3mi

Chico, CA and Roseville, CA are 73.3 miles (118.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Chico, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (159°).

kilometers
118.0
nautical miles
63.7
heading from Chico
159° SSE
heading from Roseville
339° NNW
ChicoRoseville

Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Chico is from Roseville

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Chico and Roseville is 73.3 miles, 118.0 km or 63.7 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 73.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
73.3
Kilometers
118.0
Nautical miles
63.7
Bearing from Chico
158.5° SSE
Bearing arriving at Roseville
158.8°
Bearing from Roseville
338.8° NNW

Halfway between Chico and Roseville

The great-circle midpoint is at 39.264915, -121.566893 (39°15'53.69"N 121°34'0.82"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Live Oak, CA, with 9,503 residents, 5.2 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, Chico gets 14 h 59 min of daylight and Roseville 14 h 53 min; on December 21, 9 h 21 min and 9 h 27 min. Chico is 0.99° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Roseville has 1.6 times the population of Chico. From July 2020 to July 2024, Chico changed by -0.4% and Roseville by +10.0%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Chico, CA102,911 (-0.4%)
  2. 02Roseville, CA163,304 (+10.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Chico from Roseville?

73.3 miles, 118.0 km or 63.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Roseville from Chico?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Chico on a bearing of 158.5° and arrives at Roseville on 158.8°. The return trip starts on 338.8°.

What is halfway between Chico and Roseville?

The midpoint is at 39.264915, -121.566893. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Live Oak, CA, 5.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Chico and Roseville?

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

Which is bigger, Chico or Roseville?

Roseville, with 163,304 residents in July 2024 against 102,911 for Chico, 1.6 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.