California

Distance from Concord to Stockton

Straight-line distance

37.7mi

Concord, CA and Stockton, CA are 37.7 miles (60.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Concord, the shortest path starts out heading E (89°).

kilometers
60.8
nautical miles
32.8
heading from Concord
89° E
heading from Stockton
270° W
ConcordStockton

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

How far Concord is from Stockton

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Concord and Stockton is 37.7 miles, 60.8 km or 32.8 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 37.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
37.7
Kilometers
60.8
Nautical miles
32.8
Bearing from Concord
89.3° E
Bearing arriving at Stockton
89.8°
Bearing from Stockton
269.8° W

Halfway between Concord and Stockton

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.974908, -121.655110 (37°58'29.67"N 121°39'18.40"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Oakley, CA, with 47,158 residents, 2.5 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 Stockton 14 h 48 min; on December 21, 9 h 32 min and 9 h 32 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Stockton has 2.6 times the population of Concord. From July 2020 to July 2024, Concord changed by -1.0% and Stockton by +1.2%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Concord, CA124,016 (-1.0%)
  2. 02Stockton, CA324,975 (+1.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Concord from Stockton?

37.7 miles, 60.8 km or 32.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Stockton from Concord?

E. The great-circle path leaves Concord on a bearing of 89.3° and arrives at Stockton on 89.8°. The return trip starts on 269.8°.

What is halfway between Concord and Stockton?

The midpoint is at 37.974908, -121.655110. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Oakley, CA, 2.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Concord and Stockton?

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

Which is bigger, Concord or Stockton?

Stockton, with 324,975 residents in July 2024 against 124,016 for Concord, 2.6 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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