California

Distance from Fairfield to Vacaville

Straight-line distance

7.5mi

Fairfield, CA and Vacaville, CA are 7.5 miles (12.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Fairfield, the shortest path starts out heading NNE (27°).

kilometers
12.1
nautical miles
6.5
heading from Fairfield
27° NNE
heading from Vacaville
207° SSW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Fairfield is from Vacaville

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fairfield and Vacaville is 7.5 miles, 12.1 km or 6.5 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 7.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
7.5
Kilometers
12.1
Nautical miles
6.5
Bearing from Fairfield
27.4° NNE
Bearing arriving at Vacaville
27.4°
Bearing from Vacaville
207.4° SSW

Halfway between Fairfield and Vacaville

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.310354, -122.000521 (38°18'37.28"N 122°00'1.88"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Fairfield, CA, with 122,646 residents, 3.7 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, Fairfield gets 14 h 50 min of daylight and Vacaville 14 h 51 min; on December 21, 9 h 30 min and 9 h 29 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Fairfield has 1.2 times the population of Vacaville. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fairfield changed by +2.3% and Vacaville by +1.8%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Fairfield, CA122,646 (+2.3%)
  2. 02Vacaville, CA103,994 (+1.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fairfield from Vacaville?

7.5 miles, 12.1 km or 6.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Vacaville from Fairfield?

NNE. The great-circle path leaves Fairfield on a bearing of 27.4° and arrives at Vacaville on 27.4°. The return trip starts on 207.4°.

What is halfway between Fairfield and Vacaville?

The midpoint is at 38.310354, -122.000521. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Fairfield, CA, 3.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fairfield and Vacaville?

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

Which is bigger, Fairfield or Vacaville?

Fairfield, with 122,646 residents in July 2024 against 103,994 for Vacaville, 1.2 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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