California

Distance from Fresno to Tracy

Straight-line distance

112.2mi

Fresno, CA and Tracy, CA are 112.2 miles (180.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Fresno, the shortest path starts out heading NW (306°).

kilometers
180.5
nautical miles
97.5
heading from Fresno
306° NW
heading from Tracy
125° SE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Fresno is from Tracy

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fresno and Tracy is 112.2 miles, 180.5 km or 97.5 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 112.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
112.2
Kilometers
180.5
Nautical miles
97.5
Bearing from Fresno
306.1° NW
Bearing arriving at Tracy
305.1°
Bearing from Tracy
125.1° SE

Halfway between Fresno and Tracy

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.257943, -120.617599 (37°15'28.59"N 120°37'3.36"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Atwater, CA, with 32,248 residents, 6.7 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, Fresno gets 14 h 41 min of daylight and Tracy 14 h 47 min; on December 21, 9 h 38 min and 9 h 33 min. Tracy is 0.94° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Fresno has 5.5 times the population of Tracy. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fresno changed by +1.4% and Tracy by +7.0%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Fresno, CA550,105 (+1.4%)
  2. 02Tracy, CA100,136 (+7.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fresno from Tracy?

112.2 miles, 180.5 km or 97.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tracy from Fresno?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Fresno on a bearing of 306.1° and arrives at Tracy on 305.1°. The return trip starts on 125.1°.

What is halfway between Fresno and Tracy?

The midpoint is at 37.257943, -120.617599. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Atwater, CA, 6.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fresno and Tracy?

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

Which is bigger, Fresno or Tracy?

Fresno, with 550,105 residents in July 2024 against 100,136 for Tracy, 5.5 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.

  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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