California

Distance from Clovis to Stockton

Straight-line distance

119.5mi

Clovis, CA and Stockton, CA are 119.5 miles (192.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Clovis, the shortest path starts out heading NW (312°).

kilometers
192.3
nautical miles
103.8
heading from Clovis
312° NW
heading from Stockton
131° SE
ClovisStockton

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

How far Clovis is from Stockton

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Clovis and Stockton is 119.5 miles, 192.3 km or 103.8 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 119.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
119.5
Kilometers
192.3
Nautical miles
103.8
Bearing from Clovis
312.1° NW
Bearing arriving at Stockton
311.1°
Bearing from Stockton
131.1° SE

Halfway between Clovis and Stockton

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.404986, -120.488964 (37°24'17.95"N 120°29'20.27"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Merced, CA, with 96,073 residents, 6.9 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 Stockton 14 h 48 min; on December 21, 9 h 38 min and 9 h 32 min. Stockton is 1.15° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Stockton has 2.5 times the population of Clovis. From July 2020 to July 2024, Clovis changed by +6.0% and Stockton by +1.2%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Clovis, CA127,993 (+6.0%)
  2. 02Stockton, CA324,975 (+1.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Clovis from Stockton?

119.5 miles, 192.3 km or 103.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Stockton from Clovis?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Clovis on a bearing of 312.1° and arrives at Stockton on 311.1°. The return trip starts on 131.1°.

What is halfway between Clovis and Stockton?

The midpoint is at 37.404986, -120.488964. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Merced, CA, 6.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Clovis and Stockton?

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

Which is bigger, Clovis or Stockton?

Stockton, with 324,975 residents in July 2024 against 127,993 for Clovis, 2.5 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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