California

Distance from Fresno to San Jose

Straight-line distance

117.0mi

Fresno, CA and San Jose, CA are 117.0 miles (188.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Fresno, the shortest path starts out heading WNW (288°).

kilometers
188.3
nautical miles
101.6
heading from Fresno
288° WNW
heading from San Jose
107° ESE
FresnoSan Jose

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

How far Fresno is from San Jose

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fresno and San Jose is 117.0 miles, 188.3 km or 101.6 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 117.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
117.0
Kilometers
188.3
Nautical miles
101.6
Bearing from Fresno
288.3° WNW
Bearing arriving at San Jose
287.0°
Bearing from San Jose
107.0° ESE

Halfway between Fresno and San Jose

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.043636, -120.800584 (37°02'37.09"N 120°48'2.10"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Los Banos, CA, with 48,684 residents, 2.5 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, Fresno gets 14 h 41 min of daylight and San Jose 14 h 44 min; on December 21, 9 h 38 min and 9 h 36 min. San Jose is 0.51° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

San Jose has 1.8 times the population of Fresno. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fresno changed by +1.4% and San Jose by -1.2%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Fresno, CA550,105 (+1.4%)
  2. 02San Jose, CA997,368 (-1.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fresno from San Jose?

117.0 miles, 188.3 km or 101.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is San Jose from Fresno?

WNW. The great-circle path leaves Fresno on a bearing of 288.3° and arrives at San Jose on 287.0°. The return trip starts on 107.0°.

What is halfway between Fresno and San Jose?

The midpoint is at 37.043636, -120.800584. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Los Banos, CA, 2.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fresno and San Jose?

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

Which is bigger, Fresno or San Jose?

San Jose, with 997,368 residents in July 2024 against 550,105 for Fresno, 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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