California

Distance from Hayward to Richmond

Straight-line distance

26.5mi

Hayward, CA and Richmond, CA are 26.5 miles (42.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Hayward, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (328°).

kilometers
42.6
nautical miles
23.0
heading from Hayward
328° NNW
heading from Richmond
148° SSE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Hayward is from Richmond

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Hayward and Richmond is 26.5 miles, 42.6 km or 23.0 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 26.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
26.5
Kilometers
42.6
Nautical miles
23.0
Bearing from Hayward
328.2° NNW
Bearing arriving at Richmond
328.0°
Bearing from Richmond
148.0° SSE

Halfway between Hayward and Richmond

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.789620, -122.232017 (37°47'22.63"N 122°13'55.26"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Oakland, CA, with 443,554 residents, 1.4 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, Hayward gets 14 h 46 min of daylight and Richmond 14 h 48 min; on December 21, 9 h 34 min and 9 h 32 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Hayward has 1.4 times the population of Richmond. From July 2020 to July 2024, Hayward changed by -2.6% and Richmond by -0.7%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Hayward, CA158,440 (-2.6%)
  2. 02Richmond, CA115,353 (-0.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Hayward from Richmond?

26.5 miles, 42.6 km or 23.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Richmond from Hayward?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Hayward on a bearing of 328.2° and arrives at Richmond on 328.0°. The return trip starts on 148.0°.

What is halfway between Hayward and Richmond?

The midpoint is at 37.789620, -122.232017. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Oakland, CA, 1.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Hayward and Richmond?

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

Which is bigger, Hayward or Richmond?

Hayward, with 158,440 residents in July 2024 against 115,353 for Richmond, 1.4 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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