California

Distance from Clovis to Modesto

Straight-line distance

91.7mi

Clovis, CA and Modesto, CA are 91.7 miles (147.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Clovis, the shortest path starts out heading NW (308°).

kilometers
147.6
nautical miles
79.7
heading from Clovis
308° NW
heading from Modesto
127° SE
ClovisModesto

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

How far Clovis is from Modesto

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Clovis and Modesto is 91.7 miles, 147.6 km or 79.7 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 91.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
91.7
Kilometers
147.6
Nautical miles
79.7
Bearing from Clovis
308.0° NW
Bearing arriving at Modesto
307.2°
Bearing from Modesto
127.2° SE

Halfway between Clovis and Modesto

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.234485, -120.338853 (37°14'4.14"N 120°20'19.87"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Merced, CA, with 96,073 residents, 9.1 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, Clovis gets 14 h 41 min of daylight and Modesto 14 h 46 min; on December 21, 9 h 38 min and 9 h 34 min. Modesto is 0.81° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Modesto has 1.7 times the population of Clovis. From July 2020 to July 2024, Clovis changed by +6.0% and Modesto by +0.9%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Clovis, CA127,993 (+6.0%)
  2. 02Modesto, CA220,592 (+0.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Clovis from Modesto?

91.7 miles, 147.6 km or 79.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Modesto from Clovis?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Clovis on a bearing of 308.0° and arrives at Modesto on 307.2°. The return trip starts on 127.2°.

What is halfway between Clovis and Modesto?

The midpoint is at 37.234485, -120.338853. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Merced, CA, 9.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Clovis and Modesto?

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

Which is bigger, Clovis or Modesto?

Modesto, with 220,592 residents in July 2024 against 127,993 for Clovis, 1.7 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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