California

Distance from Lancaster to Visalia

Straight-line distance

130.2mi

Lancaster, CA and Visalia, CA are 130.2 miles (209.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Lancaster, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (330°).

kilometers
209.6
nautical miles
113.2
heading from Lancaster
330° NNW
heading from Visalia
150° SSE
LancasterVisalia

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

How far Lancaster is from Visalia

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Lancaster and Visalia is 130.2 miles, 209.6 km or 113.2 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 130.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
130.2
Kilometers
209.6
Nautical miles
113.2
Bearing from Lancaster
330.5° NNW
Bearing arriving at Visalia
329.8°
Bearing from Visalia
149.8° SSE

Halfway between Lancaster and Visalia

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.512172, -118.746031 (35°30'43.82"N 118°44'45.71"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Bakersfield, CA, with 417,468 residents, 19.8 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 Visalia 14 h 38 min; on December 21, 9 h 50 min and 9 h 41 min. Visalia is 1.63° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Lancaster has 1.1 times the population of Visalia. From July 2020 to July 2024, Lancaster changed by -3.3% and Visalia by +3.2%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Lancaster, CA167,426 (-3.3%)
  2. 02Visalia, CA146,271 (+3.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Lancaster from Visalia?

130.2 miles, 209.6 km or 113.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Visalia from Lancaster?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Lancaster on a bearing of 330.5° and arrives at Visalia on 329.8°. The return trip starts on 149.8°.

What is halfway between Lancaster and Visalia?

The midpoint is at 35.512172, -118.746031. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Bakersfield, CA, 19.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Lancaster and Visalia?

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

Which is bigger, Lancaster or Visalia?

Lancaster, with 167,426 residents in July 2024 against 146,271 for Visalia, 1.1 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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