California

Distance from Lancaster to Santa Clarita

Straight-line distance

26.6mi

Lancaster, CA and Santa Clarita, CA are 26.6 miles (42.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Lancaster, the shortest path starts out heading SW (224°).

kilometers
42.9
nautical miles
23.1
heading from Lancaster
224° SW
heading from Santa Clarita
44° NE
LancasterSanta Clarita

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

How far Lancaster is from Santa Clarita

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Lancaster and Santa Clarita is 26.6 miles, 42.9 km or 23.1 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 26.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
26.6
Kilometers
42.9
Nautical miles
23.1
Bearing from Lancaster
224.1° SW
Bearing arriving at Santa Clarita
224.0°
Bearing from Santa Clarita
44.0° NE

Halfway between Lancaster and Santa Clarita

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.555158, -118.338271 (34°33'18.57"N 118°20'17.78"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Lancaster, CA, with 167,426 residents, 13.3 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, Lancaster gets 14 h 29 min of daylight and Santa Clarita 14 h 28 min; on December 21, 9 h 50 min and 9 h 51 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Santa Clarita has 1.4 times the population of Lancaster. From July 2020 to July 2024, Lancaster changed by -3.3% and Santa Clarita by -1.4%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Lancaster, CA167,426 (-3.3%)
  2. 02Santa Clarita, CA229,159 (-1.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Lancaster from Santa Clarita?

26.6 miles, 42.9 km or 23.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Santa Clarita from Lancaster?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Lancaster on a bearing of 224.1° and arrives at Santa Clarita on 224.0°. The return trip starts on 44.0°.

What is halfway between Lancaster and Santa Clarita?

The midpoint is at 34.555158, -118.338271. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Lancaster, CA, 13.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Lancaster and Santa Clarita?

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

Which is bigger, Lancaster or Santa Clarita?

Santa Clarita, with 229,159 residents in July 2024 against 167,426 for Lancaster, 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.