California

Distance from Daly City to Santa Clara

Straight-line distance

35.8mi

Daly City, CA and Santa Clara, CA are 35.8 miles (57.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Daly City, the shortest path starts out heading SE (130°).

kilometers
57.7
nautical miles
31.1
heading from Daly City
130° SE
heading from Santa Clara
311° NW
Daly CitySanta Clara

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

How far Daly City is from Santa Clara

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Daly City and Santa Clara is 35.8 miles, 57.7 km or 31.1 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 35.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
35.8
Kilometers
57.7
Nautical miles
31.1
Bearing from Daly City
130.4° SE
Bearing arriving at Santa Clara
130.7°
Bearing from Santa Clara
310.7° NW

Halfway between Daly City and Santa Clara

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.533410, -122.215938 (37°32'0.28"N 122°12'57.38"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Redwood City, CA, with 82,982 residents, 1.2 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 Santa Clara 14 h 44 min; on December 21, 9 h 33 min and 9 h 35 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Santa Clara has 1.3 times the population of Daly City. From July 2020 to July 2024, Daly City changed by -3.4% and Santa Clara by +3.5%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Daly City, CA101,418 (-3.4%)
  2. 02Santa Clara, CA133,132 (+3.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Daly City from Santa Clara?

35.8 miles, 57.7 km or 31.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Santa Clara from Daly City?

SE. The great-circle path leaves Daly City on a bearing of 130.4° and arrives at Santa Clara on 130.7°. The return trip starts on 310.7°.

What is halfway between Daly City and Santa Clara?

The midpoint is at 37.533410, -122.215938. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Redwood City, CA, 1.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Daly City and Santa Clara?

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

Which is bigger, Daly City or Santa Clara?

Santa Clara, with 133,132 residents in July 2024 against 101,418 for Daly City, 1.3 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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