California
Distance from Daly City to Sunnyvale
Straight-line distance
32.5mi
Daly City, CA and Sunnyvale, CA are 32.5 miles (52.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Daly City, the shortest path starts out heading SE (132°).
- kilometers
- 52.3
- nautical miles
- 28.2
- heading from Daly City
- 132° SE
- heading from Sunnyvale
- 312° NW
Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders
How far Daly City is from Sunnyvale
The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Daly City and Sunnyvale is 32.5 miles, 52.3 km or 28.2 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 32.5 miles, practically the same at this range.
Measurements
- Miles
- 32.5
- Kilometers
- 52.3
- Nautical miles
- 28.2
- Bearing from Daly City
- 132.1° SE
- Bearing arriving at Sunnyvale
- 132.4°
- Bearing from Sunnyvale
- 312.4° NW
Halfway between Daly City and Sunnyvale
The great-circle midpoint is at 37.543953, -122.245185 (37°32'38.23"N 122°14'42.67"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Foster City, CA, with 32,657 residents, 1.5 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 Sunnyvale 14 h 45 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
Sunnyvale has 1.5 times the population of Daly City. From July 2020 to July 2024, Daly City changed by -3.4% and Sunnyvale by +1.0%. Both are in California.
- 01Daly City, CA101,418 (-3.4%)
- 02Sunnyvale, CA156,792 (+1.0%)
Questions people ask
How far is Daly City from Sunnyvale?
32.5 miles, 52.3 km or 28.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.
Which direction is Sunnyvale from Daly City?
SE. The great-circle path leaves Daly City on a bearing of 132.1° and arrives at Sunnyvale on 132.4°. The return trip starts on 312.4°.
What is halfway between Daly City and Sunnyvale?
The midpoint is at 37.543953, -122.245185. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Foster City, CA, 1.5 miles from it.
Is there a time difference between Daly City and Sunnyvale?
Both use America/Los_Angeles, so there is no time difference.
Which is bigger, Daly City or Sunnyvale?
Sunnyvale, with 156,792 residents in July 2024 against 101,418 for Daly City, 1.5 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.
- 01Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 02Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 03SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
- 04IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.