California

Distance from Concord to Oakland

Straight-line distance

18.6mi

Concord, CA and Oakland, CA are 18.6 miles (29.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Concord, the shortest path starts out heading SW (221°).

kilometers
29.9
nautical miles
16.1
heading from Concord
221° SW
heading from Oakland
41° NE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Concord is from Oakland

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Concord and Oakland is 18.6 miles, 29.9 km or 16.1 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 18.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
18.6
Kilometers
29.9
Nautical miles
16.1
Bearing from Concord
221.2° SW
Bearing arriving at Oakland
221.1°
Bearing from Oakland
41.1° NE

Halfway between Concord and Oakland

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.871053, -122.113804 (37°52'15.79"N 122°06'49.69"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Lafayette, CA, with 25,371 residents, 1.4 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, Concord gets 14 h 48 min of daylight and Oakland 14 h 47 min; on December 21, 9 h 32 min and 9 h 33 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Oakland has 3.6 times the population of Concord. From July 2020 to July 2024, Concord changed by -1.0% and Oakland by +0.6%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Concord, CA124,016 (-1.0%)
  2. 02Oakland, CA443,554 (+0.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Concord from Oakland?

18.6 miles, 29.9 km or 16.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Oakland from Concord?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Concord on a bearing of 221.2° and arrives at Oakland on 221.1°. The return trip starts on 41.1°.

What is halfway between Concord and Oakland?

The midpoint is at 37.871053, -122.113804. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Lafayette, CA, 1.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Concord and Oakland?

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

Which is bigger, Concord or Oakland?

Oakland, with 443,554 residents in July 2024 against 124,016 for Concord, 3.6 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)

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