California

Distance from Chico to Sacramento

Straight-line distance

84.4mi

Chico, CA and Sacramento, CA are 84.4 miles (135.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Chico, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (167°).

kilometers
135.9
nautical miles
73.4
heading from Chico
167° SSE
heading from Sacramento
347° NNW
ChicoSacramento

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

How far Chico is from Sacramento

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Chico and Sacramento is 84.4 miles, 135.9 km or 73.4 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 84.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
84.4
Kilometers
135.9
Nautical miles
73.4
Bearing from Chico
167.1° SSE
Bearing arriving at Sacramento
167.3°
Bearing from Sacramento
347.3° NNW

Halfway between Chico and Sacramento

The great-circle midpoint is at 39.163480, -121.641470 (39°09'48.53"N 121°38'29.29"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Yuba City, CA, with 69,148 residents, 2.3 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 Sacramento 14 h 52 min; on December 21, 9 h 21 min and 9 h 28 min. Chico is 1.19° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Sacramento has 5.2 times the population of Chico. From July 2020 to July 2024, Chico changed by -0.4% and Sacramento by +1.9%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Chico, CA102,911 (-0.4%)
  2. 02Sacramento, CA535,798 (+1.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Chico from Sacramento?

84.4 miles, 135.9 km or 73.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Sacramento from Chico?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Chico on a bearing of 167.1° and arrives at Sacramento on 167.3°. The return trip starts on 347.3°.

What is halfway between Chico and Sacramento?

The midpoint is at 39.163480, -121.641470. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Yuba City, CA, 2.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Chico and Sacramento?

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

Which is bigger, Chico or Sacramento?

Sacramento, with 535,798 residents in July 2024 against 102,911 for Chico, 5.2 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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