California

Distance from Daly City to San Francisco

Straight-line distance

31.0mi

Daly City, CA and San Francisco, CA are 31.0 miles (50.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Daly City, the shortest path starts out heading W (273°).

kilometers
50.0
nautical miles
27.0
heading from Daly City
273° W
heading from San Francisco
93° E
Daly CitySan Francisco

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

How far Daly City is from San Francisco

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Daly City and San Francisco is 31.0 miles, 50.0 km or 27.0 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 31.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
31.0
Kilometers
50.0
Nautical miles
27.0
Bearing from Daly City
273.4° W
Bearing arriving at San Francisco
273.1°
Bearing from San Francisco
93.1° E

Halfway between Daly City and San Francisco

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.714790, -122.748551 (37°42'53.24"N 122°44'54.78"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is San Francisco, CA, with 827,526 residents, 15.5 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, Daly City gets 14 h 47 min of daylight and San Francisco 14 h 47 min; on December 21, 9 h 33 min and 9 h 33 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

San Francisco has 8.2 times the population of Daly City. From July 2020 to July 2024, Daly City changed by -3.4% and San Francisco by -5.4%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Daly City, CA101,418 (-3.4%)
  2. 02San Francisco, CA827,526 (-5.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Daly City from San Francisco?

31.0 miles, 50.0 km or 27.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is San Francisco from Daly City?

W. The great-circle path leaves Daly City on a bearing of 273.4° and arrives at San Francisco on 273.1°. The return trip starts on 93.1°.

What is halfway between Daly City and San Francisco?

The midpoint is at 37.714790, -122.748551. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is San Francisco, CA, 15.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Daly City and San Francisco?

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

Which is bigger, Daly City or San Francisco?

San Francisco, with 827,526 residents in July 2024 against 101,418 for Daly City, 8.2 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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