California

Distance from Daly City to Santa Rosa

Straight-line distance

53.1mi

Daly City, CA and Santa Rosa, CA are 53.1 miles (85.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Daly City, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (346°).

kilometers
85.4
nautical miles
46.1
heading from Daly City
346° NNW
heading from Santa Rosa
166° SSE
Daly CitySanta Rosa

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

How far Daly City is from Santa Rosa

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Daly City and Santa Rosa is 53.1 miles, 85.4 km or 46.1 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 53.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
53.1
Kilometers
85.4
Nautical miles
46.1
Bearing from Daly City
345.8° NNW
Bearing arriving at Santa Rosa
345.6°
Bearing from Santa Rosa
165.6° SSE

Halfway between Daly City and Santa Rosa

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.073812, -122.584987 (38°04'25.72"N 122°35'5.95"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Novato, CA, with 52,311 residents, 2.1 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 Rosa 14 h 51 min; on December 21, 9 h 33 min and 9 h 29 min. Santa Rosa is 0.74° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Santa Rosa has 1.8 times the population of Daly City. From July 2020 to July 2024, Daly City changed by -3.4% and Santa Rosa by -0.3%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Daly City, CA101,418 (-3.4%)
  2. 02Santa Rosa, CA177,524 (-0.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Daly City from Santa Rosa?

53.1 miles, 85.4 km or 46.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Santa Rosa from Daly City?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Daly City on a bearing of 345.8° and arrives at Santa Rosa on 345.6°. The return trip starts on 165.6°.

What is halfway between Daly City and Santa Rosa?

The midpoint is at 38.073812, -122.584987. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Novato, CA, 2.1 miles from it.

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

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

Which is bigger, Daly City or Santa Rosa?

Santa Rosa, with 177,524 residents in July 2024 against 101,418 for Daly City, 1.8 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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