California

Distance from Concord to Sacramento

Straight-line distance

50.3mi

Concord, CA and Sacramento, CA are 50.3 miles (81.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Concord, the shortest path starts out heading NE (35°).

kilometers
81.0
nautical miles
43.7
heading from Concord
35° NE
heading from Sacramento
215° SW
ConcordSacramento

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

How far Concord is from Sacramento

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Concord and Sacramento is 50.3 miles, 81.0 km or 43.7 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 50.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
50.3
Kilometers
81.0
Nautical miles
43.7
Bearing from Concord
35.0° NE
Bearing arriving at Sacramento
35.3°
Bearing from Sacramento
215.3° SW

Halfway between Concord and Sacramento

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.270252, -121.735993 (38°16'12.91"N 121°44'9.58"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Rio Vista, CA, with 10,248 residents, 6.7 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 Sacramento 14 h 52 min; on December 21, 9 h 32 min and 9 h 28 min. Sacramento is 0.60° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Sacramento has 4.3 times the population of Concord. From July 2020 to July 2024, Concord changed by -1.0% and Sacramento by +1.9%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Concord, CA124,016 (-1.0%)
  2. 02Sacramento, CA535,798 (+1.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Concord from Sacramento?

50.3 miles, 81.0 km or 43.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Sacramento from Concord?

NE. The great-circle path leaves Concord on a bearing of 35.0° and arrives at Sacramento on 35.3°. The return trip starts on 215.3°.

What is halfway between Concord and Sacramento?

The midpoint is at 38.270252, -121.735993. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Rio Vista, CA, 6.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Concord and Sacramento?

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

Which is bigger, Concord or Sacramento?

Sacramento, with 535,798 residents in July 2024 against 124,016 for Concord, 4.3 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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