California

Distance from Fairfield to Vallejo

Straight-line distance

16.5mi

Fairfield, CA and Vallejo, CA are 16.5 miles (26.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Fairfield, the shortest path starts out heading SW (229°).

kilometers
26.5
nautical miles
14.3
heading from Fairfield
229° SW
heading from Vallejo
49° NE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Fairfield is from Vallejo

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fairfield and Vallejo is 16.5 miles, 26.5 km or 14.3 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 16.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
16.5
Kilometers
26.5
Nautical miles
14.3
Bearing from Fairfield
229.4° SW
Bearing arriving at Vallejo
229.3°
Bearing from Vallejo
49.3° NE

Halfway between Fairfield and Vallejo

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.184556, -122.147472 (38°11'4.40"N 122°08'50.90"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is American Canyon, CA, with 21,742 residents, 6.1 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, Fairfield gets 14 h 50 min of daylight and Vallejo 14 h 49 min; on December 21, 9 h 30 min and 9 h 31 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Vallejo has 1.0 times the population of Fairfield. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fairfield changed by +2.3% and Vallejo by -1.9%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Fairfield, CA122,646 (+2.3%)
  2. 02Vallejo, CA123,475 (-1.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fairfield from Vallejo?

16.5 miles, 26.5 km or 14.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Vallejo from Fairfield?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Fairfield on a bearing of 229.4° and arrives at Vallejo on 229.3°. The return trip starts on 49.3°.

What is halfway between Fairfield and Vallejo?

The midpoint is at 38.184556, -122.147472. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is American Canyon, CA, 6.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fairfield and Vallejo?

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

Which is bigger, Fairfield or Vallejo?

Vallejo, with 123,475 residents in July 2024 against 122,646 for Fairfield, 1.0 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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