California

Distance from Hayward to Salinas

Straight-line distance

69.7mi

Hayward, CA and Salinas, CA are 69.7 miles (112.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Hayward, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (158°).

kilometers
112.2
nautical miles
60.6
heading from Hayward
158° SSE
heading from Salinas
338° NNW
HaywardSalinas

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

How far Hayward is from Salinas

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Hayward and Salinas is 69.7 miles, 112.2 km or 60.6 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 69.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
69.7
Kilometers
112.2
Nautical miles
60.6
Bearing from Hayward
158.1° SSE
Bearing arriving at Salinas
158.3°
Bearing from Salinas
338.3° NNW

Halfway between Hayward and Salinas

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.158732, -121.867444 (37°09'31.44"N 121°52'2.80"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Los Gatos, CA, with 32,952 residents, 7.0 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 Salinas 14 h 40 min; on December 21, 9 h 34 min and 9 h 39 min. Hayward is 0.94° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Salinas has 1.0 times the population of Hayward. From July 2020 to July 2024, Hayward changed by -2.6% and Salinas by -1.6%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Hayward, CA158,440 (-2.6%)
  2. 02Salinas, CA160,783 (-1.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Hayward from Salinas?

69.7 miles, 112.2 km or 60.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Salinas from Hayward?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Hayward on a bearing of 158.1° and arrives at Salinas on 158.3°. The return trip starts on 338.3°.

What is halfway between Hayward and Salinas?

The midpoint is at 37.158732, -121.867444. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Los Gatos, CA, 7.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Hayward and Salinas?

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

Which is bigger, Hayward or Salinas?

Salinas, with 160,783 residents in July 2024 against 158,440 for Hayward, 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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