California

Distance from Clovis to Salinas

Straight-line distance

108.5mi

Clovis, CA and Salinas, CA are 108.5 miles (174.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Clovis, the shortest path starts out heading W (266°).

kilometers
174.6
nautical miles
94.3
heading from Clovis
266° W
heading from Salinas
84° E
ClovisSalinas

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

How far Clovis is from Salinas

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Clovis and Salinas is 108.5 miles, 174.6 km or 94.3 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 108.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
108.5
Kilometers
174.6
Nautical miles
94.3
Bearing from Clovis
265.6° W
Bearing arriving at Salinas
264.4°
Bearing from Salinas
84.4° E

Halfway between Clovis and Salinas

The great-circle midpoint is at 36.762986, -120.658676 (36°45'46.75"N 120°39'31.23"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Firebaugh, CA, with 8,424 residents, 13.0 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 Salinas 14 h 40 min; on December 21, 9 h 38 min and 9 h 39 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Salinas has 1.3 times the population of Clovis. From July 2020 to July 2024, Clovis changed by +6.0% and Salinas by -1.6%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Clovis, CA127,993 (+6.0%)
  2. 02Salinas, CA160,783 (-1.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Clovis from Salinas?

108.5 miles, 174.6 km or 94.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Salinas from Clovis?

W. The great-circle path leaves Clovis on a bearing of 265.6° and arrives at Salinas on 264.4°. The return trip starts on 84.4°.

What is halfway between Clovis and Salinas?

The midpoint is at 36.762986, -120.658676. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Firebaugh, CA, 13.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Clovis and Salinas?

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

Which is bigger, Clovis or Salinas?

Salinas, with 160,783 residents in July 2024 against 127,993 for Clovis, 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)

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