California

Distance from Los Angeles to Santa Clarita

Straight-line distance

27.9mi

Los Angeles, CA and Santa Clarita, CA are 27.9 miles (44.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Los Angeles, the shortest path starts out heading N (349°).

kilometers
44.9
nautical miles
24.3
heading from Los Angeles
349° N
heading from Santa Clarita
169° S
Los AngelesSanta Clarita

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

How far Los Angeles is from Santa Clarita

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Los Angeles and Santa Clarita is 27.9 miles, 44.9 km or 24.3 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 27.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
27.9
Kilometers
44.9
Nautical miles
24.3
Bearing from Los Angeles
349.4° N
Bearing arriving at Santa Clarita
349.4°
Bearing from Santa Clarita
169.4° S

Halfway between Los Angeles and Santa Clarita

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.217958, -118.455644 (34°13'4.65"N 118°27'20.32"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is San Fernando, CA, with 23,488 residents, 5.0 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, Los Angeles gets 14 h 25 min of daylight and Santa Clarita 14 h 28 min; on December 21, 9 h 53 min and 9 h 51 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Los Angeles has 16.9 times the population of Santa Clarita. From July 2020 to July 2024, Los Angeles changed by -0.5% and Santa Clarita by -1.4%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Los Angeles, CA3,878,704 (-0.5%)
  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 Los Angeles from Santa Clarita?

27.9 miles, 44.9 km or 24.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Santa Clarita from Los Angeles?

N. The great-circle path leaves Los Angeles on a bearing of 349.4° and arrives at Santa Clarita on 349.4°. The return trip starts on 169.4°.

What is halfway between Los Angeles and Santa Clarita?

The midpoint is at 34.217958, -118.455644. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is San Fernando, CA, 5.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Los Angeles and Santa Clarita?

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

Which is bigger, Los Angeles or Santa Clarita?

Los Angeles, with 3,878,704 residents in July 2024 against 229,159 for Santa Clarita, 16.9 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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